Re: [TCLUG:21464] syntax highlighting in vim

[^chewie <chewie@wookimus.net>]

On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 12:37:02PM -0500, Jim Crumley wrote:
> Well, vim, vim-gtk, etc. do recommend vimi-rt -
> /var/lib/dpkg/available :
> 
> ...[snip]...
> 
> Unfortunately, apt-get will only automatically try to install
> packages that are depended on, not those that are suggested or
> recommended.  To get a look at what packages are suggested you have
> to use dselect (or possibly one of the apt front-end like gnome-apt
> or console-apt).

or use...

    bash$ apt-cache depends vim
    vim
      Depends: libc6
      Depends: libgpmg1
      Depends: libncurses5
      PreDepends: dpkg
      Suggests: <ctags>
        exuberant-ctags
        elvis
      Suggests: cscope
      Recommends: vim-rt
      Conflicts: vim-tiny
      Conflicts: vim-perl
      Conflicts: vim-python
      Conflicts: vim-tcl
      Conflicts: <vim-tty>
      Conflicts: vim-gtk
      Replaces: vim-rt
      Replaces: vim-tiny
      Replaces: vim-perl
      Replaces: vim-python
      Replaces: vim-tcl
      Replaces: vim-gtk

And there you go. ;-)  Don't have to manually parse the file.  Don't
have to start some curses or graphical front end.  Just type-n-go ;-)

Of course, you could write a wrapper script or perl module and to
prompt you for installation of each "Recommends" or "Suggests"
packages. ;-)

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  Chad "^chewie, gunnarr" Walstrom <chewie@wookimus.net>
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