| .TH VIMDIFF 1 "2001 March 30" |
| .SH NAME |
| vimdiff \- edit two, three or four versions of a file with Vim and show differences |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .br |
| .B vimdiff |
| [options] file1 file2 [file3 [file4]] |
| .PP |
| .B gvimdiff |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B Vimdiff |
| starts |
| .B 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. |
| .PP |
| See vim(1) for details about Vim itself. |
| .PP |
| When started as |
| .B gvimdiff |
| the GUI will be started, if available. |
| .PP |
| In each window the 'diff' option will be set, which causes the differences |
| to be highlighted. |
| .br |
| The 'wrap' and 'scrollbind' options are set to make the text look good. |
| .br |
| 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. |
| .SH 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. |
| .PP |
| For all other arguments see vim(1). |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| vim(1) |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| Most of |
| .B Vim |
| was made by Bram Moolenaar, with a lot of help from others. |
| See ":help credits" in |
| .B Vim. |