Vim's Versions and Features

There are a lot of features available in Vim! Just bring up your vim and do a :version; you'll probably see quite a few. How do these features get selected? Well, some options are (de-)selected based on the type of operating system you have, and some are (de-)selected based on whether or not you want a gui (ie. gvim). You may choose which options using the config script:

example: configure --enable-cscope --with-features=huge

The --with-features selector can take several words (tiny, small, normal, big, or huge). This feature selector's effect is shown in the table below. With a bit more effort you could tailor some features in or out by modifying <auto/config.h> by hand, although some features do need others to work right.

Vim Features Table

+/- Version	Configure Option	T	S	N	B	H	Only on
ARP							Amiga
X11	--with-x			*	*	*	MAG*
autocmd				*	*	*
balloon_eval							Athena Motif
browse				*	*	*
builtin_terms
byte_offset				*	*	*
cindent				*	*	*
cmdline_compl				*	*	*
cmdline_hist			*	*	*	*
cmdline_info				*	*	*
comments				*	*	*
cryptv				*	*	*
cscope	--enable-cscope				*	*	Unix
dialog_con_gui				*	*	*
diff				*	*	*
digraphs				*	*	*
ebcdic
emacs_tags					*	*
eval				*	*	*
ex_extra				*	*	*
extra_search				*	*	*
farsi					*	*
file_in_path				*	*	*
find_in_path				*	*	*
folding				*	*	*
footer							Motif
fork()							Unix
gettext				*	*	*	L*
hangul_input	--enable-hangulinput
insert_expand				*	*	*
jumplist			*	*	*	*
keymap					*	*
langmap					*	*
libcall							Win32,Unix,VMS
linebreak				*	*	*
lispindent				*	*	*
listcmds			*	*	*	*
localmap				*	*	*
menu				*	*	*
mksession				*	*	*
modify_fname				*	*	*
mouse				*	*	*
mouse_dec					*	*
mouse_gpm	--disable-gpm			*	*	*
mouse_jsbterm							Jsbterm mouse
mouse_netterm					*	*
mouse_xterm				*	*	*	Unix
mouseshape				*	*	*
multi_byte	--enable-multibyte				*	*
multi_lang				*	*	*
osfiletype
path_extra				*	*	*
perl	--enable-perlinterp
printer				*
python	--enable-pythoninterp
quickfix				*	*	*
rightleft					*	*
ruby	--enable-rubyinterp
scrollbind				*	*	*
signs					*	*	or SunWorkshop
smartindent				*	*	*
sniff	--enable-sniff
statusline				*	*	*
sun_workshop	--enable-workshop
syntax				*	*	*
system							Unix&!Gui
tag_any_white
tag_binary				*	*	*
tag_old_static				*	*	*
terminfo		*	*	*	*	*	(if needed)
termresponse				*	*	*
textobjects				*	*	*
tgetent		*	*	*	*	*	(if needed)
title				*	*	*	not MSDOS
toolbar				*	*	*	Gui only
user_commands				*	*	*
vertsplit			*	*	*	*
viminfo				*	*	*
virtualedit				*	*	*
visual			*	*	*	*
visualextra				*	*	*
wildignore				*	*	*
wildmenu				*	*	*
windows			*	*	*	*
writebackup		*	*	*	*	*	not VMS
xfontset	--enable-fontset
xim	--enable-xim
xterm_clipboard		*	*	*	*	*	Unix & Gui
xterm_save