hanumizzle has packaged his special build of vim-7.1 for VL5.9
Package:
http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/veclinux-5.9/testing/dev/vim-7.1-i586-1vl59.tlzSource:
http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/veclinux-5.9/source/testing/dev/vim/src/vim: vim 7.1
vim:
vim: Vim began as a clone of the vi editor for use on the Amiga and has since
vim: then become one of the most featureful programming editors on Unix, with
vim: support for syntax highlighting, automatic indentation, tags, keymaps,
vim: macros, sessions, completion, parenthesis matching, and various forms of
vim: scripting including a built-in programming language in case the authors
vim: forgot anything.
Please let us know if this package is working for you, or if it's broken in this thread.