1VIMDIFF(1)                  General Commands Manual                 VIMDIFF(1)
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NAME

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

10       vimdiff [options] file1 file2 [file3 [file4]]
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DESCRIPTION

15       Vimdiff starts Vim on two (or three or four) files.  Each file gets its
16       own  window.   The differences between the files are highlighted.  This
17       is a nice way to inspect changes and to move changes from  one  version
18       to another version of the same file.
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20       See vim(1) for details about Vim itself.
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22       When started as gvimdiff the GUI will be started, if available.
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24       In  each window the 'diff' option will be set, which causes the differ‐
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26       The 'wrap' and 'scrollbind' options are set to make the text look good.
27       The 'foldmethod' option is set to "diff", which puts  ranges  of  lines
28       without  changes in a fold.  'foldcolumn' is set to two to make it easy
29       to spot the folds and open or close them.
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OPTIONS

32       Vertical splits are used to align the lines, as if  the  "-O"  argument
33       was used.  To use horizontal splits instead, use the "-o" argument.
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SEE ALSO

38       vim(1)
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AUTHOR

41       Most of Vim was made by Bram Moolenaar, with a lot of help from others.
42       See ":help credits" in Vim.
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46                                 2001 March 30                      VIMDIFF(1)