On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 09:30:35 -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 > > I'm still not sure what emerge output really means when you run a > pretend install and various flags are displayed with + or minus
Those are the flags used by this package, the +/- indicating whether they are set or unset. > root # emerge -v -p -uD vim > > These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > 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, and the one you want to set is vim-with-x [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ grep vim-with-x /usr/portage/profiles/use.*desc /usr/portage/profiles/use.local.desc:app-editors/vim:vim-with-x - Link console vim against X11 libraries to enable title and clipboard features in xterm -- Neil Bothwick ... "I just forgot to increment the counter," Tom said, nonplussed.
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