Compile Vim In Ubuntu with multi-byte and xterm_clipboard Feature
tag: vim ubuntu make multi-byte encoding xterm clipboardReference:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Building_Vim
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Clipboard
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/newbie/144575-problems-copying-pasting-vim.html
Preface:
I'm a Linux starter who like pure command line interface. So I just installed Ubuntu 10.04 without GUI. And later I installed fluxbox environment under the instructions here. This article describes how to compile a multi-byte and xterm_clipboard (system clipboard) supported vim.
Why multi-byte?
I need to work with Chinese files
Why xterm_clipboard?
It will be easy for you copy and paste around in X system. And it is faster than build-in registers when the content is bigger.
Get latest Vim source code:
Pls follow the instructions on Vim's main page
To quickly build a vim:
cd /usr/local/src/vim/src./configure# you'd better remove original vim package on you machine before this stepsudo make install
Add multi-byte support:
#replace ./configure with following./configure --with-features=big
Add xterm_clipboard Support:
Check if your vim supports xterm_clipboard:
[*]":version" vim command
[*]"vim --version"
There will be a string "-xterm_clipboard or +xterm_clipboard"
Install build dependencies:
"sudo apt-get install" or "sudo aptitude install":
[*]libncurses5-dev
[*]libgtk2.0-dev
[*]libatk1.0-dev
[*]libx11-dev
[*]libxt-dev
.configure --with-features=big --enable-gui=gtk2.makesudo make install
Clipboard Operation:
When you have a +xterm_clipboard version of vim, you can use following commands to operate system clipboard.
[*]"+yy or "*yy to copy to clipboard
[*]"+p or "*p to paste from clipboard
Notes:
[*]With a multi-byte supported Vim, you also need a correctly configed x-term emulator (encoding). Or the Chinese characters will still be a mess.
[*]I did not get a gvim through this process. And I don't know how to do that. But I'm happy because what I need is just s light weight, fast vim in terminal.
[*]If you need a vim-gnome, please refer to the first reference link
[*]System clipboard will be associated with different vim register on different platforms. It will always be "*" in windows version. And "+" in the build discussed here.
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