1*2346a637SBram MoolenaarVIMDIFF(1) General Commands Manual VIMDIFF(1) 2071d4279SBram Moolenaar 3071d4279SBram Moolenaar 4402d2feaSBram Moolenaar 5071d4279SBram MoolenaarNAME 6*2346a637SBram Moolenaar vimdiff - edit between two and eight versions of a file with Vim and 7*2346a637SBram Moolenaar show differences 8071d4279SBram Moolenaar 9071d4279SBram MoolenaarSYNOPSIS 10*2346a637SBram Moolenaar vimdiff [options] file1 file2 [file3 [file4 [file5 [file6 [file7 11*2346a637SBram Moolenaar [file8]]]]]] 12071d4279SBram Moolenaar 13071d4279SBram Moolenaar gvimdiff 14071d4279SBram Moolenaar 15071d4279SBram MoolenaarDESCRIPTION 16*2346a637SBram Moolenaar Vimdiff starts Vim on two up to eight files. Each file gets its own 17*2346a637SBram Moolenaar window. The differences between the files are highlighted. This is a 18*2346a637SBram Moolenaar nice way to inspect changes and to move changes from one version to an‐ 19*2346a637SBram Moolenaar other version of the same file. 20071d4279SBram Moolenaar 21071d4279SBram Moolenaar See vim(1) for details about Vim itself. 22071d4279SBram Moolenaar 23402d2feaSBram Moolenaar When started as gvimdiff the GUI will be started, if available. 24071d4279SBram Moolenaar 25*2346a637SBram Moolenaar In each window the 'diff' option will be set, which causes the differ‐ 26402d2feaSBram Moolenaar ences to be highlighted. 27402d2feaSBram Moolenaar The 'wrap' and 'scrollbind' options are set to make the text look good. 28402d2feaSBram Moolenaar The 'foldmethod' option is set to "diff", which puts ranges of lines 29402d2feaSBram Moolenaar without changes in a fold. 'foldcolumn' is set to two to make it easy 30402d2feaSBram Moolenaar to spot the folds and open or close them. 31071d4279SBram Moolenaar 32071d4279SBram MoolenaarOPTIONS 33402d2feaSBram Moolenaar Vertical splits are used to align the lines, as if the "-O" argument 349c96f592SBram Moolenaar was used. To use horizontal splits instead, use the "-o" argument. 35071d4279SBram Moolenaar 36071d4279SBram Moolenaar For all other arguments see vim(1). 37071d4279SBram Moolenaar 38071d4279SBram MoolenaarSEE ALSO 39071d4279SBram Moolenaar vim(1) 40071d4279SBram Moolenaar 41071d4279SBram MoolenaarAUTHOR 42402d2feaSBram Moolenaar Most of Vim was made by Bram Moolenaar, with a lot of help from others. 43402d2feaSBram Moolenaar See ":help credits" in Vim. 44071d4279SBram Moolenaar 45071d4279SBram Moolenaar 46071d4279SBram Moolenaar 47402d2feaSBram Moolenaar 2001 March 30 VIMDIFF(1) 48