VIMDIFF(1)							   VIMDIFF(1)



NAME
       vimdiff	- edit two or three versions of a file with Vim and show dif-
       ferences

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 differ-
       ences 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 intead, 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	 oth-
       ers.  See ":help credits" in Vim.



				2001 March 30			   VIMDIFF(1)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. file
2. nice
3. as
4. diff
5. which
6. make