VIMDIFF
NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS SEE ALSO AUTHOR
vimdiff - edit two or three versions of a file with Vim and show differences
vimdiff [options? file1 file2 [file3?
gvimdiff
Vimdiff starts Vim on two (or three) 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.
See vim(1) for details about Vim itself.
When started as gvimdiff the GUI will be started, if available.
In each window the 'diff' option will be set, which causes the differences to be highlighted. The 'wrap' and 'scrollbind' options are set to make the text look good. The 'foldmethod' option is set to
Vertical splits are used to align the lines, as if the
For all other arguments see vim(1).
Most of Vim was made by Bram Moolenaar, with a lot of help from others. See Vim.
12 pages link to vimdiff(1):