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basic Tip #376: A totally useless tip...or is it ?

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created:   November 25, 2002 14:27      complexity:   basic
author:   vim_power      as of Vim:   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 <enter>
You will see your Name in the "compiled by" line.
NJoy.

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Additional Notes

Anonymous, November 26, 2002 11:09
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.
Anonymous, November 28, 2002 2:00
Yes, you see compiled by user@host... But, with that tip, you can override this by setting a custom string...
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