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created November 25, 2002 · complexity basic · author vim_power · version 5.7

Would it not be cool to have your name listed as part of a Vim command.

Well if you build your Vim from source, you can do that.

CD to the source directory and do

./configure --with-compiledby="<Your Name>" <other-options>

After building and installing Vim, whenever you issue

:version

you will see your name in the "compiled by" line.

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I'm not sure what the tip is here. I don't add that --compiled-by argument when I compile and I still see my name in the Compiled by line from the version command.

Yes, you see compiled by user@host. But, with that tip, you can override this by setting a custom string.

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 CD to the source directory and do
- ./configure --with-compiledby="&lt;Your Name&gt;" &lt;other-options&gt;
+ ./configure --with-compiledby="<Your Name>" <other-options>
 After building and installing Vim, whenever you issue
- :version &lt;enter&gt;
+ :version
 you will see your name in the "compiled by" line.