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diff --git a/chapter06/vim.xml b/chapter06/vim.xml index 64ca6296a..ee83d2134 100644 --- a/chapter06/vim.xml +++ b/chapter06/vim.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim"><primary sortas="a-Vim">Vim</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Vim package contains a powerful text editor.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,28 +17,12 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.4 SBU</seg><seg>34 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Vim installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, -GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<tip> -<title>Alternatives to Vim</title> -<para>If you prefer another editor -- like Emacs, Joe, or Nano -- to Vim, -have a look at <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/stable/postlfs/editors.html"/> for -suggested installation instructions.</para> -</tip> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Vim</title> -<para>First, unpack both -<filename>vim-&vim-version;.tar.bz2</filename> and (optionally) -<filename>vim-&vim-version;-lang.tar.gz</filename> archives into the same -directory. Then change the default locations of the <filename>vimrc</filename> and -<filename>gvimrc</filename> configuration files to <filename class="directory">/etc</filename>.</para> +<para>Change the default locations of the configuration files:</para> <screen><userinput>echo '#define SYS_VIMRC_FILE "/etc/vimrc"' >> src/feature.h echo '#define SYS_GVIMRC_FILE "/etc/gvimrc"' >> src/feature.h</userinput></screen> @@ -48,55 +31,27 @@ echo '#define SYS_GVIMRC_FILE "/etc/gvimrc"' >> src/feature.h</userinput>< <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-multibyte</userinput></screen> -<para>The optional but highly recommended -<parameter>--enable-multibyte</parameter> switch -includes support for editing files in multibyte character encodings into -<command>vim</command>. -It is needed for those people who ignore our recommendation not to -use LFS in locales with multibyte character sets. It is also needed for -people who want to be able to edit text files initially created -in Linux distributions like Fedora Core -that use UTF-8 as a default character set.</para> - <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> -<para>To test the results, you can issue: -<userinput>make test</userinput>. However, this test suite outputs a lot of -seemingly garbage characters to the screen, and this can wreak havoc with the -settings of the current terminal. Therefore the running of the test suite here -is strictly optional.</para> +<para>To test the results, issue: +<userinput>make test</userinput></para> <para>Now install the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> -<para>Many users are used to using <command>vi</command>, instead of -<command>vim</command>. To let them execute <command>vim</command> when -they habitually enter <command>vi</command>, create a symlink:</para> +<para>Create a symlink:</para> <screen><userinput>ln -s vim /usr/bin/vi</userinput></screen> -<para>If you are going to install the X Window System on your LFS system, you -may want to re-compile Vim after having installed X. Vim comes with a nice GUI -version of the editor that requires X and a few other libraries to be -installed. For more information read the Vim documentation.</para> - </sect2> <sect2 id="conf-vim" role="configuration"><title>Configuring Vim</title> -<indexterm zone="conf-vim"><primary sortas="e-/etc/vim">/etc/vim</primary></indexterm> - -<para>By default, <command>vim</command> runs in vi-incompatible mode. Some -people might not like this, but we prefer to run <command>vim</command> in its -own mode (else we wouldn't have included it in this book, but the original -<command>vi</command>). We've included the setting of <quote>nocompatible</quote> -below to high-light the fact that the new behavior is being used. It -also reminds those who would change to <quote>compatible</quote> mode that it should -appear first because it changes other settings and overrides must come -after this setting. Create a default vim configuration file by running + +<para>Create a default vim configuration file by running the following:</para> <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/vimrc << "EOF" @@ -113,13 +68,6 @@ endif " End /etc/vimrc EOF</userinput></screen> -<para>The <parameter>set nocompatible</parameter> makes -<command>vim</command> behave in a more useful way (the default) than the -vi-compatible manner. Remove the <quote>no</quote> if you want the old <command>vi</command> -behavior. The <parameter>set backspace=2</parameter> allows -backspacing over line breaks, autoindents and the start of insert. The -<parameter>syntax on</parameter> enables <command>vim</command>'s -syntax highliting. <!-- XXX: the ascii-only files are considered to be in utf-8 - that's not what one expects . That's why fileencodings stuff is commented out for now @@ -133,12 +81,6 @@ like Fedora Core use UTF-8, and conservative ones like Debian use traditional 8-bit encodings for text files. If you have not passed the <parameter>- -enable-multibyte</parameter> switch to the <command>./configure</command> command above, this line will not work. --> -Finally, the <emphasis>if</emphasis> statement with the -<parameter>set background=dark</parameter> corrects <command>vim</command>'s -guess about the background color of some terminal emulators. This gives the -highliting a better color scheme for use on the black background of -these programs. -</para> <para>Documentation for other available options can be obtained by running the following command:</para> @@ -150,182 +92,7 @@ the following command:</para> <sect2 id="contents-vim" role="content"><title>Contents of Vim</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>efm_filter.pl, efm_perl.pl, ex (link to vim), less.sh, mve.awk, -pltags.pl, ref, rview (link to vim), rvim (link to vim), shtags.pl, tcltags, vi (link to vim), -view (link to vim), vim, vim132, vim2html.pl, vimdiff (link to vim), vimm, vimspell.sh, -vimtutor and xxd</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="efm_filter.pl"> -<term><command>efm_filter.pl</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim efm_filter.pl"><primary sortas="b-efm_filter.pl">efm_filter.pl</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a filter for creating an error file that can be read by <command>vim</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="efm_perl.pl"> -<term><command>efm_perl.pl</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim efm_perl.pl"><primary sortas="b-efm_perl.pl">efm_perl.pl</primary></indexterm> -<para>reformats the error messages of the -Perl interpreter for use with the <quote>quickfix</quote> mode of <command>vim</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ex"> -<term><command>ex</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim ex"><primary sortas="b-ex">ex</primary></indexterm> -<para>starts <command>vim</command> in ex mode.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="less.sh"> -<term><command>less.sh</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim less.sh"><primary sortas="b-less.sh">less.sh</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a script that starts <command>vim</command> with less.vim.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mve.awk"> -<term><command>mve.awk</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim mve.awk"><primary sortas="b-mve.awk">mve.awk</primary></indexterm> -<para>processes <command>vim</command> errors.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pltags.pl"> -<term><command>pltags.pl</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim pltags.pl"><primary sortas="b-pltags.pl">pltags.pl</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates a tags file for Perl code, for use by <command>vim</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ref"> -<term><command>ref</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim ref"><primary sortas="b-ref">ref</primary></indexterm> -<para>checks the spelling of arguments.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="rview"> -<term><command>rview</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rview"><primary sortas="b-rview">rview</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a restricted version of <command>view</command>: no shell -commands can be started and <command>view</command> can't be suspended.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="rvim"> -<term><command>rvim</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rvim"><primary sortas="b-rvim">rvim</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a restricted version of <command>vim</command>: no shell -commands can be started and <command>vim</command> can't be suspended.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="shtags.pl"> -<term><command>shtags.pl</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim shtags.pl"><primary sortas="b-shtags.pl">shtags.pl</primary></indexterm> -<para>generates a tag file for Perl scripts.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tcltags"> -<term><command>tcltags</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim tcltags"><primary sortas="b-tcltags">tcltags</primary></indexterm> -<para>generates a tag file for TCL code.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="view"> -<term><command>view</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim view"><primary sortas="b-view">view</primary></indexterm> -<para>starts <command>vim</command> in read-only mode.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="vim"> -<term><command>vim</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim"><primary sortas="b-vim">vim</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the editor.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="vim132"> -<term><command>vim132</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim132"><primary sortas="b-vim132">vim132</primary></indexterm> -<para>starts <command>vim</command> with the terminal in 132-column mode.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="vim2html.pl"> -<term><command>vim2html.pl</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim2html.pl"><primary sortas="b-vim2html.pl">vim2html.pl</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts Vim documentation to HTML.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="vimdiff"> -<term><command>vimdiff</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimdiff"><primary sortas="b-vimdiff">vimdiff</primary></indexterm> -<para>edits two or three versions of a file with <command>vim</command> and show differences.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="vimm"> -<term><command>vimm</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimm"><primary sortas="b-vimm">vimm</primary></indexterm> -<para>enables the DEC locator input model on a remote terminal.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="vimspell.sh"> -<term><command>vimspell.sh</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimspell.sh"><primary sortas="b-vimspell.sh">vimspell.sh</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a script which spells a file and generates the syntax statements necessary -to highlight in <command>vim</command>. This script requires the old Unix <command>spell</command> -command, which is provided neither in LFS nor in BLFS.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="vimtutor"> -<term><command>vimtutor</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimtutor"><primary sortas="b-vimtutor">vimtutor</primary></indexterm> -<para>teaches you the basic keys and commands of <command>vim</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="xxd"> -<term><command>xxd</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim xxd"><primary sortas="b-xxd">xxd</primary></indexterm> -<para>makes a hex dump of the given file. It can -also do the reverse, so it can be used for binary patching.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> |