VIM - Search to end of word

This will leave your cursor at the end of the searched phrase:
/search phrase/e

VIM - format lines to certain width

First,
:set textwidth=80 (or :set tw=80)
Then,

gqq	Format a single line
{Visual}gq	Format visual selection. (ctrl+v to get to visual mode then use hjkl to navigate)

For more help,
:help gq

Compile Pidgin for Ubuntu 7.04

Download source: http://www.pidgin.im/download/
Install dependencies:
sudo apt-get install gettext libglib2-dev libgtk2.0-dev libxml2-dev
For MSN and GoogleTalk:
sudo apt-get install libnss-dev libnspr-dev
Compile:
./configure
make
sudo make install
make install clean