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- NAME
- vim - Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor
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- SYNOPSIS
- vim [options] [file ..]
- vim [options] -t tag
- vim [options] -e [errorfile]
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- DESCRIPTION
- Vim is a text editor that is upwards compatible to vi. It
- can be used to edit any ASCII text. It is especially use-
- ful for editing programs.
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- There are a lot of enhancements above vi: multi level
- undo, multi windows and buffers, command line editing,
- filename completion, on-line help, visual selection, etc..
- Read difference.doc for a summary of the differences
- between vi and Vim.
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- Most often Vim is started to edit a single file with the
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- vim file
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- More generally VIM is started with:
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- vim [options] [filelist]
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- If the filelist is missing, the editor will start with an
- empty buffer. Otherwise exactly one out of the following
- three may be used to choose one or more files to be
- edited.
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- file .. A list of file names. The first one (alphabet-
- ically) will be the current file and read into
- the buffer. The cursor will be positioned on
- the first line of the buffer. You can get to
- the other files with the ":next" command.
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- -t {tag} The file to edit and the initial cursor posi-
- tion depends on a "tag", a sort of goto label.
- {tag} is looked up in the tags file, the asso-
- ciated file becomes the current file and the
- associated command is executed. Mostly this is
- used for C programs. {tag} then should be a
- function name. The effect is that the file
- containing that function becomes the current
- file and the cursor is positioned on the start
- of the function (see reference.doc, section
- "tag searches").
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- -e [errorfile]
- Start in quickFix mode. The file [errorfile]
- is read and the first error is displayed. If
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- [errorfile] is omitted the file name is
- obtained from the 'errorfile' option (defaults
- to "AztecC.Err" for the Amiga, "errors" on
- other systems). Further errors can be jumped
- to with the ":cn" command. See reference.doc
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- OPTIONS
- The options, if present, must precede the filelist. The
- options may be given in any order.
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- -r Recovery mode. The swap file is used to
- recover a crashed editing session. The swap
- file is a file with the same file name as the
- text file with ".swp" appended. See refer-
- ence.doc, chapter "Recovery after a crash".
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- -v View mode. The 'readonly' option will be set.
- You can still edit the buffer, but will be
- prevented from accidently overwriting a file.
- If you do want to overwrite a file, add an
- exclamation mark to the Ex command, as in
- ":w!". The -v option also implies the -n
- option (see below). The 'readonly' option can
- be reset with ":set noro" (see reference.doc,
- options chapter).
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- -b Binary. A few options will be set that makes
- it possible to edit a binary or executable
- file.
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- +[num] For the first file the cursor will be posi-
- tioned on line "num". If "num" is missing, the
- cursor will be positioned on the last line.
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- +/pat For the first file the cursor will be posi-
- tioned on the first occurrence of "pat" (see
- reference.doc, section "pattern searches" for
- the available search patterns).
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- +{command}
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- -c {command}
- {command} will be executed after the first
- file has been read. {command} is interpreted
- as an Ex command. If the {command} contains
- spaces it must be enclosed in double quotes
- (this depends on the shell that is used).
- Example: Vim "+set si" main.c
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- -x (Amiga only) Vim is not restarted to open a
- new window. This option should be used when
- Vim is executed by a program that will wait
- for the edit session to finish (e.g. mail).
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- The ":sh" and ":!" commands will not work.
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- -o[N] Open N windows. When N is omitted, open one
- window for each file.
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- -n No swap file will be used. Recovery after a
- crash will be impossible. Handy if you want to
- edit a file on a very slow medium (e.g.
- floppy). Can also be done with ":set uc=0".
- Can be undone with ":set uc=200".
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- -s {scriptin}
- The script file {scriptin} is read. The char-
- acters in the file are interpreted as if you
- had typed them. The same can be done with the
- command ":source! {scriptin}". If the end of
- the file is reached before the editor exits,
- further characters are read from the keyboard.
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- -w {scriptout}
- All the characters that you type are recorded
- in the file {scriptout}, until you exit VIM.
- This is useful if you want to create a script
- file to be used with "vim -s" or ":source!".
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- -T terminal Tells Vim the name of the terminal you are
- using. Should be a terminal known to Vim
- (builtin) or defined in the termcap file.
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- -d device Open "device" for use as a terminal. Only on
- the Amiga. Example: "-d con:20/30/600/150".
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- SEE ALSO
- Vim documentation:
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- reference.doc:
- A complete reference of Vim (long)
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- windows.doc:
- Explanation of the multi windows and buffers
- commands and options
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- index: Overview of all command characters (useful
- when adding new mappings)
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- difference.doc:
- Overview of the differences between vi and Vim
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- unix.doc: Unix-specific comments
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- vim.hlp: File used by the on-line help (short)
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- AUTHOR
- Most of VIM was made by Bram Moolenaar.
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