User Commands                                          VIMDIF(1)



NAME
     vimdiff - edit two, three or four versions of  a  file  with
     Vim and show differences

SYNOPSIS
     vimdiff [options] file1 file2 [file3 [file4]

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.

     See vim(1) for details about Vim itself.

     When started as gvimdiff the GUI will be started, if  avail-
     able.

     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 "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.

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.

     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 ":help credits" in Vim.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:










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User Commands                                          VIMDIF(1)



     
       ATRIBUTE TYPE     ATRIBUTE VALUE
    
     Availability         SUNWvim        
    
     Interface Stability  Uncommitted    
    

NOTES
     Source for vim is available on http:/opensolaris.org.













































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