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# Vim

For installation instructions see the Section called Installing Vim-6.2 in Chapter 6.

## Official Download Location

Vim (6.2):
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/editors/vim/unix/

## Contents of Vim

(Last checked against version 6.1.)

The Vim package contains a configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing.

Vim installs the following:

### Program Files

efm_filter.pl, efm_perl.pl, ex (link to vim), less.sh, mve.awk, pltags.pl, ref, rview (link to vim), rvim (link to vim), shtags.pl, tcltags, vi (link to vim), view (link to vim), vim, vim132, vim2html.pl, vimdiff (link to vim), vimm, vimspell.sh, vimtutor and xxd

## Alternatives to Vim

- emacs, joe and nano

  http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/cvs/postlfs/editors.html

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## Descriptions

(Last checked against version 6.1.)

### Program file descriptions

#### efm_filter.pl

efm_filter.pl is a filter which reads from stdin, copies to stdout and creates an error file that can be read by vim.

#### efm_perl.pl

efm_perl.pl reformats the error messages of the Perl interpreter for use with the quickfix mode of vim.

#### ex

ex starts vim in Ex mode.

#### less.sh

less.sh is a script which starts vim with less.vim.

#### mve.awk

mve.awk processes vim errors.

#### pltags.pl

pltags.pl creates a tags file for Perl code, for use by vim.

#### ref

ref checks the spelling of arguments.

#### 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.

#### shtags.pl

shtags.pl generates a tag file for perl scripts.

#### tcltags

tcltags generates a tag file for Tcl code.

#### vi

vi starts vim in vi-compatible mode.

#### view

view starts vim in read-only mode.

#### vim

vim starts vim in the normal, default way.

#### vim132

vim132 starts vim with the terminal in 132 column mode.

#### vim2html.pl

vim2html.pl converts vim documentation to HTML.

#### vimdiff

vimdiff edits two or three versions of a file with vim and show differences.

#### vimm

vimm enables the DEC locator input model on a remote terminal.

#### vimspell.sh

vimspell.sh is a script which spells a file and generates the syntax statements necessary to highlight in vim.

#### vimtutor

vimtutor starts the Vim tutor.

#### xxd

xxd makes a hexdump or does the reverse.

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## Vim Installation Dependencies

(Last checked against version 6.0.)

Bash: sh
Binutils: as, ld, strip
Coreutils: cat, chmod, cp, echo, expr, ln, mkdir, mv, rm, touch, tr,
uname, wc, whoami
Diffutils: cmp, diff
Find: find
GCC: cc1, collect2, cpp0, gcc
Grep: egrep, grep
Make: make
Net-tools: hostname
Sed: sed

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