lfs-book/appendixa/vim-desc.xml

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<title>Contents</title>

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

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<sect2>
<title>Description</title>

<sect3>
<title>ctags</title>

<para>ctags generate tag files for source code.</para>

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<sect3>
<title>etags</title>

<para>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.</para>

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<sect3>
<title>ex</title>

<para>ex starts vim in Ex mode.</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>gview</title>

<para>gview is the GUI version of view.</para>

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<sect3>
<title>gvim</title>

<para>gvim is the GUI version of vim.</para>

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<sect3>
<title>rgview</title>

<para>rgview is the GUI version of rview.</para>

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<sect3>
<title>rgvim</title>

<para>rgvim is the GUI version of rvim.</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>rview</title>

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

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<sect3>
<title>rvim</title>

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

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<sect3>
<title>view</title>

<para>view starts vim in read-only mode.</para>

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<sect3>
<title>vim</title>

<para>vim starts vim in the normal, default way.</para>

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<sect3>
<title>vimtutor</title>

<para>vimtutor starts the Vim tutor.</para>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>xxd</title>

<para>xxd makes a hexdump or does the reverse.</para>

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