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Creating a system-wide vimrc file, as suggested by Greg.

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Automake-1.7.9, File-4.06, Modutils-2.4.26, Procps-3.1.14 and
Sed-4.0.8.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>November 13th, 2003 [alex]: Chapter 6 - Vim: Changed from
creating a local <filename>/root/.vimrc</filename> to a system-wide
<filename>/etc/vimrc</filename> file .</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>November 12th, 2003 [greg]: Upgraded to
GCC-3.3.2.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Release of version 5.0 on November 5th, 2003.</para>
</sect1>

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<sect2><title>Configuring Vim</title>
<para>By default, vim runs in vi compatible mode. Some people might like this,
but we have a high preference to run vim in vim mode (else we wouldn't
have included vim in this book, but the original vi). Create the
<filename>/root/.vimrc</filename> by running the following:</para>
<para>By default, <userinput>vim</userinput> runs in vi-compatible mode. Some
people might like this, but we prefer to run <userinput>vim</userinput> in its
own mode (else we wouldn't have included it in this book, but the original
<userinput>vi</userinput>). Create a default vim configuration file by running
the following:</para>
<screen><userinput>cat &gt; /root/.vimrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
" Begin /root/.vimrc
<screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/vimrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
" Begin /etc/vimrc
set nocompatible
set bs=2
set backspace=2
syntax on
" End /root/.vimrc
" End /etc/vimrc
<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen>
<para>The <userinput>set nocompatible</userinput> will make
<userinput>vim</userinput> behave in a more useful way than the default
vi-compatible manner. The <userinput>set backspace=2</userinput> allows
backspacing over line breaks, autoindent and the start of insert. And the
<userinput>syntax on</userinput> switches on <userinput>vim</userinput>'s
semantic colouring.</para>
</sect2>

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<sect2>
<title>Installation of Vim</title>
<para>Change the default locations of the <filename>vimrc</filename> and
<para>First change the default locations of the <filename>vimrc</filename> and
<filename>gvimrc</filename> files to <filename
class="directory">/etc</filename>.</para>
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<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
<para>Vim can run in old-fashioned <emphasis>vi</emphasis> mode by
creating a symlink, which may be created with the following command:</para>
<para>When called as <userinput>vi</userinput>, <userinput>vim</userinput>
will run in old-fashioned vi-mode. To allow this, create a symlink:</para>
<screen><userinput>ln -s vim /usr/bin/vi</userinput></screen>
<para>If you plan to install the X Window system on your LFS
system, you might want to re-compile Vim after you have installed X. Vim
comes with a nice GUI version of the editor which requires X and a few
other libraries to be installed. For more information read the Vim
documentation.</para>
<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>
&c6-cf-vim;
</sect1>