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-rw-r--r--chapter06/vim.xml20
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 91eb64d0d..e111f6db3 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ First a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
+<listitem><para>November 6, 2005 [matt]: Install Vim's documentation to
+<filename class="directory">/usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version;</filename> instead
+of <filename class="directory">/usr/share/vim/vim64/doc</filename> (bug 1610).
+Thanks to Randy McMurchy for the report, and Jeremy Huntwork for the fix.</para>
+</listitem>
+
<listitem><para>November 6, 2005 [matt]: Upgrade to Coreutils 5.93.</para>
</listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/vim.xml b/chapter06/vim.xml
index 15d53e47e..a947e0a67 100644
--- a/chapter06/vim.xml
+++ b/chapter06/vim.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,25 @@ redirecting the output to a log file.</para>
<para>Install the package:</para>
-<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>make HELPSUBLOC=/usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version; install</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>The meaning of the make option:</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>HELPSUBLOC=/usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version;</parameter>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This defines the directory that Vim's documentation will be
+ installed in. By default, Vim's documentation is installed in the
+ <filename class="directory">/usr/share/vim</filename> hierarchy. Other
+ packages install their documentation in the
+ <filename class="directory">/usr/share/doc</filename> hierarchy, so the
+ <parameter>HELPSUBLOC</parameter> option is used to ensure consistency.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
<para>Many users are used to using <command>vi</command> instead of
<command>vim</command>. To allow execution of <command>vim</command>