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VIMDIFF
!!!VIMDIFF
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
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!!NAME


vimdiff - edit two or three versions of a file with Vim and show differences
!!SYNOPSIS


__vimdiff__ [[options] file1 file2 [[file3]


__gvimdiff__
!!DESCRIPTION


__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
!!OPTIONS


Vertical splits are used to align the lines, as if the


For all other arguments see vim(1).
!!SEE ALSO


vim(1)
!!AUTHOR


Most of __Vim__ was made by Bram Moolenaar, with a lot of
help from others. See
__Vim.__
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