On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 09:30:35AM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
> I want to influence how vim is compiled. I'm told I need a compile
> option called: xterm_clipboard. How do I tell emerge to enable that
> at compile time?
>
> I've been told its done with USE flags but it still isn't clear to mw
> how the details work
>
You want the "vim-with-x" flag. Clipped from my 'equery uses vim'
- - vim-with-x : Link console vim against X11 libraries to enable title
and clipboard features in xterm
> Calculating dependencies ...done!
> [ebuild N ] app-editors/vim-6.4 -acl -bash-completion -cscope +gpm
> -minimal +nls +perl +python -ruby -vim-with-x 4,752 kB
>
> Does it mean that the flags displayed are the only ones I can adjust?
>
Yes, those are the only flags that would influence the compile.
What you need to do, is to edit /etc/portage/package.use so that
there's a line that reads
app-editors/vim +vim-with-x [and optionally other flags]
W
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