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vim-classic Fork of Vim 8.x for long-term maintenance
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Port Added: 2026-08-13 20:33:14
Last Update: 2026-08-15 13:17:09
Commit Hash: cbd8d61
License: VIM
WWW:
https://vim-classic.org/
https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/vim-classic/
Description:
Vim Classic is a fork of Vim 8.x for long-term maintenance, providing a stable, dependable editor maintained entirely by humans. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems. Vim is often called a "programmer's editor," and so useful for programming that many consider it an entire IDE. It's not just for programmers, though. Vim is perfect for all kinds of text editing, from composing email to editing configuration files. FreeBSD has the following Vim Classic packages: * vim-classic: Console-only Vim (vim binary) with all runtime files * vim-classic-gtk3, -gtk2, -motif: Console Vim plus a GUI (gvim binary) * vim-classic-x11: Console Vim only, with xclipboard support * vim-classic-tiny: Vim binary only, with no runtime files. Not useful for most people; intended for minimal (ex. jail) installations
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Dependency lines:
  • vim-classic>0:editors/vim-classic
Conflicts:
CONFLICTS_INSTALL:
  • vim-gtk2
  • vim-gtk3
  • vim-motif
  • vim-x11
  • vim-tiny
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/editors/vim-classic/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install editors/vim-classic
  • pkg install vim-classic
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: vim-classic
Package flavors (<flavor>: <package>)
  • console: vim-classic
  • gtk2: vim-classic-gtk2
  • gtk3: vim-classic-gtk3
  • motif: vim-classic-motif
  • x11: vim-classic-x11
  • tiny: vim-classic-tiny
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1786707178 SHA256 (vim-classic/vim-classic-v8.3.0.tar.gz) = 6e1c97c8269e9354bbc474f0efa7e1e0b23fcdb6075067474d731a9bfac6e8ef SIZE (vim-classic/vim-classic-v8.3.0.tar.gz) = 14767832
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Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. update-desktop-database : devel/desktop-file-utils
  2. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  3. python3.12 : lang/python312
  4. gettext-runtime>=0.26 : devel/gettext-runtime
  5. gettext-tools>=0.26 : devel/gettext-tools
Runtime dependencies:
  1. xxd : sysutils/xxd
  2. update-desktop-database : devel/desktop-file-utils
Library dependencies:
  1. libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
There are no ports dependent upon this port
Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for vim-classic-8.3.0: MAKE_JOBS=off: Enable parallel build NLS=on: Native Language Support XTERM_SAVE=off: Restore xterm screen after exit XXD=on: Install xxd hexdumper ====> Optional language bindings LUA=off: Lua scripting language support PERL=off: Perl scripting language support RUBY=off: Ruby bindings or support SCHEME=off: MzScheme (Racket) bindings TCL=off: Tcl scripting language support ====> Options available for the single CTAGS: you have to select exactly one of them CTAGS_BASE=on: Use system ctags CTAGS_EXUBERANT=off: Use exctags instead of ctags CTAGS_UNIVERSAL=off: Use uctags instead of ctags ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
editors_vim-classic
USES:
cpe desktop-file-utils iconv ncurses pkgconfig shebangfix python:build gettext
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
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  1. https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/vim-classic/archive/v8.3.0.tar.gz?dummy=/
  2. https://mirror.sonologic.net/vim-classic/v8.3.0.tar.gz?dummy=/
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Number of commits found: 3

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
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8.3.0
15 Aug 2026 13:17:09
commit hash: cbd8d6156ed29b9dfc4c8fd8b6fb865c489226e0commit hash: cbd8d6156ed29b9dfc4c8fd8b6fb865c489226e0commit hash: cbd8d6156ed29b9dfc4c8fd8b6fb865c489226e0commit hash: cbd8d6156ed29b9dfc4c8fd8b6fb865c489226e0 files touched by this commit		 Bruce M Simpson (bms) search for other commits by this committer 
editors/vim-classic: Fix unwanted character in pkg-descr.

Submitted by:	olgeni@FreeBSD.org
8.3.0
14 Aug 2026 12:56:50
commit hash: f80f063aa062626a908ca936c807ad350079d5cccommit hash: f80f063aa062626a908ca936c807ad350079d5cccommit hash: f80f063aa062626a908ca936c807ad350079d5cccommit hash: f80f063aa062626a908ca936c807ad350079d5cc files touched by this commit		 Bruce M Simpson (bms) search for other commits by this committer 
editors/vim-classic: Adjust MASTER_SITES so DISTNAME, WRKSRC need not be set.

Fix minor comment nits while we are here.

Submitted by:	fuz
Approved by:	fuz
8.3.0
13 Aug 2026 20:31:13
commit hash: c3c4c8f5c4972007ac124dcc455c354cabeca344commit hash: c3c4c8f5c4972007ac124dcc455c354cabeca344commit hash: c3c4c8f5c4972007ac124dcc455c354cabeca344commit hash: c3c4c8f5c4972007ac124dcc455c354cabeca344 files touched by this commit		 Bruce M Simpson (bms) search for other commits by this committer 
editors/vim-classic: New port: Fork of Vim 8.x for long-term maintenance

Some people prefer a more streamlined Vim. I am one of them.

Approved by:	fuz
PR:		https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=295817

Number of commits found: 3
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