Harry Putnam wrote: > "Michael Kintzios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Of course all this and much more is well documented in the Gentoo guide: >> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=2 > > Thanks for the comments. But don't be too quick about saying its all > well explained in the manual.
But it is. > I couldn't tell how to get at certain > vim compile time flags from that. Can you? For example: Nobody can (sheeting is not allowed *G*). USE flags make it so, that the user doesn't have to know about compile time flags. USE flags will (mostly) set/not set compile time flags. > A stock gentoo emerge of vim ends up with a vim compiled with certain > flags enabled or disabled. Yes. > Many of them do not have corresponding USE > flags I don't think. Yes. > Can you tell from the manual how to influence `-xterm_clipboard' > Shown above? No, because you don't do it that way. You tell the system what you want, and the system will get into the dirty details (eg. that "vim-with-x" will set xterm-clipboard). > > Which USE flag will make that +xterm_clipboard If you're into that level of detail, you'll have to check the ebuild. Alexander Skwar -- Men of quality are not afraid of women for equality. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
