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Obeid
Obeid

Reputation: 143

What vim features available only upon compilation?

There seems to be an extensive set of features that can be enabled and disabled from within one's .vimrc, but there seems to be a number of features that has to be specified upon compiling vim's source. For example, Arabic support and I'm not sure but some syntax highlighting and autocompletion?

I could be mixing up some plugin features with native features, but every time I read something on compiling vim from source I come across the mandatory "Oh and don't forget to add this argument to get that feature that you can't get otherwise".

Upvotes: 1

Views: 176

Answers (1)

romainl
romainl

Reputation: 196576

Vim can be compiled as a small executable with only the bare minimum features needed for quick edits, that's the default vim you get on most unixes, or as a big executable with many more features needed for programing.

The compile-time features required by commands and functions are listed in the doc under each command/function with specific requirements. No feature needed means the command is available no matter what features were enabled at compile time.

You can read about the subject in

:help :version

Upvotes: 2

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