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- VIMDIFF(1) VIMDIFF(1)
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- NAME
- vimdiff - edit two, three or four versions of a file with Vim and show
- differences
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- SYNOPSIS
- vimdiff [options] file1 file2 [file3 [file4]]
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- gvimdiff
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- DESCRIPTION
- Vimdiff starts Vim on two (or three or four) files. Each file gets its
- own window. The differences between the files are highlighted. This
- is a nice way to inspect changes and to move changes from one version
- to another version of the same file.
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- See vim(1) for details about Vim itself.
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- When started as gvimdiff the GUI will be started, if available.
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- In each window the 'diff' option will be set, which causes the differ-
- ences to be highlighted.
- The 'wrap' and 'scrollbind' options are set to make the text look good.
- The 'foldmethod' option is set to "diff", which puts ranges of lines
- without changes in a fold. 'foldcolumn' is set to two to make it easy
- to spot the folds and open or close them.
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- OPTIONS
- Vertical splits are used to align the lines, as if the "-O" argument
- was used. To use horizontal splits instead, use the "-o" argument.
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- For all other arguments see vim(1).
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- SEE ALSO
- vim(1)
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- AUTHOR
- Most of Vim was made by Bram Moolenaar, with a lot of help from others.
- See ":help credits" in Vim.
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- 2001 March 30 VIMDIFF(1)
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