Question

The features seen with the command “:version” raised my interest.

I am particularly interested in the features, such as Ruby, Python and Emacs-tags. I cannot find instructions in the manuals. I found a command “–with-features=huge”, after some googling, but it does not show how to really install the features. I have used Vim over a year, so I am rather flabbergasted of the features. I have installed things, such as Taglist. What is the main difference to them?

Answer 1

I’m not sure what exactly are you asking. “Vim’s features, perhaps all” is a term which can be taken in a very wide context.

If you’re interested in scripting, either in vimscript, or Python, Ruby … download an install vim’s standalone installer – it comes with a precompiled support for those. Of course, you still need to have Python, Ruby … installed.

If you’re interested in vim’s general features, like editing text, macros, plugins, support for this and that … i.e. vim in general, well I could only suggest a tutorial off the net or a book. I gave a few links for tutorials below:

Vim Wikia
Vim Tutorial
Vi and Vim editor
Best of vim tips
Quick ref. card
Learning vim
… anyway, the net’s full of them

What do you mean under compiling ? I’m not gonna try guessing, but try these:

:help make
:help makeprg

Refine your question.