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# Vim

## Contents

The Vim package contains the ctags, etags, ex, gview, gvim, rgview, rgvim, rview, rvim, view, vim, vimtutor and xxd programs.

## Description

### ctags

ctags generate tag files for source code.

### etags

etags does the same as ctags but it can generate cross reference files which list information about the various source objects found in a set of language files.

### ex

ex starts vim in Ex mode.

### gview

gview is the GUI version of view.

### gvim

gvim is the GUI version of vim.

### rgview

rgview is the GUI version of rview.

### rgvim

rgvim is the GUI version of rvim.

### rview

rview is a restricted version of view. No shell commands can be started and Vim can't be suspended.

### rvim

rvim is the restricted version of vim. No shell commands can be started and Vim can't be suspended.

### view

view starts vim in read-only mode.

### vim

vim starts vim in the normal, default way.

### vimtutor

vimtutor starts the Vim tutor.

### xxd

xxd makes a hexdump or does the reverse.

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