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VIM !!!VIM NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS ON-LINE HELP FILES SEE ALSO AUTHOR BUGS ---- !!NAME vim - Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor !!SYNOPSIS __vim__ [[options] [[file ..]__ vim__ [[options] -__ vim__ [[options] -t tag__ vim__ [[options] -q [[errorfile] __ex view gvim gview rvim rview rgvim rgview__ !!DESCRIPTION __Vim__ is a text editor that is upwards compatible to Vi. It can be used to edit all kinds of plain text. It is especially useful for editing programs. There are a lot of enhancements above Vi: multi level undo, multi windows and buffers, syntax highlighting, command line editing, filename completion, on-line help, visual selection, etc.. See Vim__ and Vi. While running __Vim__ a lot of help can be obtained from the on-line help system, with the __ Most often __Vim__ is started to edit a single file with the command vim file More generally __Vim__ is started with: vim [[options] [[filelist] If the filelist is missing, the editor will start with an empty buffer. Otherwise exactly one out of the following four may be used to choose one or more files to be edited. file .. A list of filenames. The first one 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 - The file to edit is read from stdin. Commands are read from stderr, which should be a tty. -t {tag} The file to edit and the initial cursor position depends on a -q [[errorfile] Start in quickFix mode. The file [[errorfile] is read and the first error is displayed. If [[errorfile] is omitted, the filename is obtained from the 'errorfile' option (defaults to __Vim__ behaves differently, depending on the name of the command (the executable may still be the same file). vim The ex Start in Ex mode. Go to Normal mode with the view Start in read-only mode. You will be protected from writing the files. Can also be done with the gvim gview The GUI version. Starts a new window. Can also be done with the rvim rview rgvim rgview Like the above, but with restrictions. It will not be possible to start shell commands, or suspend __Vim.__ Can also be done with the __ !!OPTIONS The options may be given in any order, before or after filenames. Options without an argument can be combined after a single dash. +[[num] For the first file the cursor will be positioned on line +/{pat} For the first file the cursor will be positioned on the first occurrence of {pat}. See +{command} -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 Note: You can use up to 10 --cmd {command} Like using -b Binary mode. A few options will be set that makes it possible to edit a binary or executable file. -C Compatible. Set the 'compatible' option. This will make __Vim__ behave mostly like Vi, even though a .vimrc file exists. -d Start in diff mode. There should be two or three file name arguments. __Vim__ will open all the files and show differences between them. Works like vimdiff(1). -d {device} Open {device} for use as a terminal. Only on the Amiga. Example: -e Start __Vim__ in Ex mode, just like the executable was called __ -f Foreground. For the GUI version, __Vim__ will not fork and detach from the shell it was started in. On the Amiga, __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). On the Amiga the __ -F If __Vim__ has been compiled with FKMAP support for editing right-to-left oriented files and Farsi keyboard mapping, this option starts __Vim__ in Farsi mode, i.e. 'fkmap' and 'rightleft' are set. Otherwise an error message is given and __Vim__ aborts. -g If __Vim__ has been compiled with GUI support, this option enables the GUI. If no GUI support was compiled in, an error message is given and __Vim__ aborts. -h Give a bit of help about the command line arguments and options. After this __Vim__ exits. -H If __Vim__ has been compiled with RIGHTLEFT support for editing right-to-left oriented files and Hebrew keyboard mapping, this option starts __Vim__ in Hebrew mode, i.e. 'hkmap' and 'rightleft' are set. Otherwise an error message is given and __Vim__ aborts. -i {viminfo} When using the viminfo file is enabled, this option sets the filename to use, instead of the default -L Same as -r. -l Lisp mode. Sets the 'lisp' and 'showmatch' options on. -m Modifying files is disabled. Resets the 'write' option, so that writing files is not possible. -N No-compatible mode. Reset the 'compatible' option. This will make __Vim__ behave a bit better, but less Vi compatible, even though a .vimrc file does not exist. -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 -o[[N] Open N windows. When N is omitted, open one window for each file. -R Read-only 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 -r List swap files, with information about using them for recovery. -r {file} Recovery mode. The swap file is used to recover a crashed editing session. The swap file is a file with the same filename as the text file with -s Silent mode. Only when started as -s {scriptin} The script file {scriptin} is read. The characters in the file are interpreted as if you had typed them. The same can be done with the command -T {terminal} Tells __Vim__ the name of the terminal you are using. Only required when the automatic way doesn't work. Should be a terminal known to __Vim__ (builtin) or defined in the termcap or terminfo file. -u {vimrc} Use the commands in the file {vimrc} for initializations. All the other initializations are skipped. Use this to edit a special kind of files. It can also be used to skip all initializations by giving the name -U {gvimrc} Use the commands in the file {gvimrc} for GUI initializations. All the other GUI initializations are skipped. It can also be used to skip all GUI initializations by giving the name -V Verbose. Give messages about which files are sourced and for reading and writing a viminfo file. -v Start __Vim__ in Vi mode, just like the executable was called __ -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 __ -W {scriptout} Like -w, but an existing file is overwritten. -x Use encryption when writing files. Will prompt for a crypt key. -Z Restricted mode. Works like the executable starts with -- Denotes the end of the options. Arguments after this will be handled as a file name. This can be used to edit a filename that starts with a '-'. --help Give a help message and exit, just like --version Print version information and exit. --remote Connect to a Vim server and make it edit the files given in the rest of the arguments. --serverlist List the names of all Vim servers that can be found. --servername {name} Use {name} as the server name. Used for the current Vim, unless used with a --serversend or --remote, then it's the name of the server to connect to. --serversend {keys} Connect to a Vim server and send {keys} to it. --socketid {id} GTK GUI only: Use the !GtkPlug mechanism to run gvim in another window. --echo-wid GTK GUI only: Echo the Window ID on stdout !!ON-LINE HELP Type Vim__ to get started. Type __ !!FILES /usr/share/vim/vim61/doc/*.txt The __Vim__ documentation files. Use __ /usr/share/vim/vim61/doc/tags The tags file used for finding information in the documentation files. /usr/share/vim/vim61/syntax/syntax.vim System wide syntax initializations. /usr/share/vim/vim61/syntax/*.vim Syntax files for various languages. /usr/share/vim/vimrc System wide __Vim__ initializations. /usr/share/vim/gvimrc System wide gvim initializations. /usr/share/vim/vim61/optwin.vim Script used for the /usr/share/vim/vim61/menu.vim System wide menu initializations for gvim. /usr/share/vim/vim61/bugreport.vim Script to generate a bug report. See /usr/share/vim/vim61/filetype.vim Script to detect the type of a file by its name. See /usr/share/vim/vim61/scripts.vim Script to detect the type of a file by its contents. See /usr/share/vim/vim61/*.ps Files used for !PostScript printing. For recent info read the VIM home page: !!SEE ALSO vimtutor(1) !!AUTHOR Most of __Vim__ was made by Bram Moolenaar, with a lot of help from others. See __Vim. Vim__ is based on Stevie, worked on by: Tim Thompson, Tony Andrews and G.R. (Fred) Walter. Although hardly any of the original code remains. !!BUGS Probably. See Note that a number of things that may be regarded as bugs by some, are in fact caused by a too-faithful reproduction of Vi's behaviour. And if you think other things are bugs ----
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