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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 is a filter for creating an error file that can be read by vim.

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

ex starts vim in ex mode.

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

mve.awk processes vim errors.

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

ref checks the spelling of arguments.

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

rvim is a restricted version of vim: no shell commands can be started and vim can't be suspended.

shtags.pl generates a tag file for perl scripts.

tcltags generates a tag file for TCL code.

vi starts vim in vi-compatible mode.

view starts vim in read-only mode.

vim is the editor.

vim132 starts vim with the terminal in 132-column mode.

vim2html.pl converts vim documentation to HTML.

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

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

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

vimtutor teaches you the basic keys and commands of vim.

xxd makes a hexdump of the given file. It can also do the reverse, so it can be used for binary patching.

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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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