lfs-book/appendixa/vim-desc.xml

<sect2>
<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>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Description</title>

<sect3>
<title>ctags</title>

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

</sect3>

<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>

</sect3>

<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>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>gvim</title>

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

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>rgview</title>

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

</sect3>

<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>

</sect3>

<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>

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>view</title>

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

</sect3>

<sect3>
<title>vim</title>

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

</sect3>

<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>

</sect3>

</sect2>