lfs-book/appendixa/vim-desc.xml

<sect2><title>Contents of Vim-&vim-contversion;</title>

<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
<para>ex (link to vim), rview (link to vim), rvim (link to vim), vi
(link to vim), view (link to vim), vim, vimdiff (link to vim), vimtutor
(link to vim) and xxd</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>Descriptions</title>

<sect4><title>ex</title>
<para>ex starts vim in Ex mode.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>rview</title>
<para>rview is a restricted version of view. No shell commands can be started
and Vim can't be suspended.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>rvim</title>
<para>rvim is the restricted version of vim. No shell commands can be started
and Vim can't be suspended.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>vi</title>
<para>vi starst vim in vi-compatible mode.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>view</title>
<para>view starts vim in read-only mode.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>vim</title>
<para>vim starts vim in the normal, default way.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>vimdiff</title>
<para>vimdiff edits two or three versions of a file with Vim and show
differences.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>vimtutor</title>
<para>vimtutor starts the Vim tutor.</para></sect4>

<sect4><title>xxd</title>
<para>xxd makes a hexdump or does the reverse.</para></sect4>

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