add python3 feature to vim on slackware

sigint-ninja · 04-14-2016, 03:58 PM

hi guys,

i finally got the correct version of python i want to run installed on my slackware system

i found a good article on vim:
https://realpython.com/blog/python/v...ade-in-heaven/

in the guide it asks you to run
vim --version

it told me to look for vim 7.4 to show its installed...which it obviously is

but under features python has + but python 3 has -
what do i have to do to enable python 3 in vim?

i was reading that vim needs to be recompiled...is this true? or is there another/better way?

grail · 04-15-2016, 12:42 AM

Have you tried reinstalling vim now that you have python3 installed? If vim was installed prior then the install of vim would have noted that python3 was unavailable and hence
excluded the plugin.

sigint-ninja · 04-15-2016, 06:28 AM

Will try that...thanks

K4rolis · 04-15-2016, 11:42 AM

Not going to work - it's a compile-time option. You'll want to recompile vim with python3 interpreter enabled (you can just modify the official slackbuild). Sorry, cannot help more than that - haven't tried it myself.

dugan · 04-15-2016, 11:42 AM

What do you need vim to be built against Python 3 for? Is there a specific vim plugin that you want to use, that requires Python 3?

If you just want write Python 3 code with vim, you don't need to rebuild vim for that.

sigint-ninja · 04-15-2016, 05:39 PM

yes dugan your right...it didnt work
trying to google can only find solutions for ubuntu and debian

dont have a clue

sigint-ninja · 04-15-2016, 05:52 PM

what file do i download from here to configure and install vim?

https://github.com/akionux/slackbuil.../source/ap/vim

K4rolis · 04-15-2016, 06:35 PM

You might want to check this.

EDIT: For slackware-current (as an example), you'll find everything you need (including vim source) here. I'm not sure whether you need to rebuild vim-gvim, as far as I understand you shouldn't need to (though I might be wrong on this one, you might need to just try it and see).

sigint-ninja · 04-16-2016, 02:52 PM

i found by starting my script in vim with

#!/usr/local/bin/python3.4

im actually able to write python3 scripts via vim, and run them