The default Vim installed on most Linux distros lacks a number of vital features, like xterm_clipboard
(allows
copy-and-pasting to the system clipboard) and python
(on which certain plugins rely). The compile_full_vim.sh
shell
script removes the currently installed Vim and compiles a full-featured version; it's based entirely off
Valloric's YouCompleteMe
walkthrough, which it bundles into a simple
script for convenience. Vim will be compiled with the following feature flags:
--with-features=huge
--enable-multibyte