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-VIMDIFF(1) VIMDIFF(1)
+VIMDIFF(1) General Commands Manual VIMDIFF(1)
NAME
- vimdiff - edit two, three or four versions of a file with Vim and show
- differences
+ vimdiff - edit between two and eight versions of a file with Vim and
+ show differences
SYNOPSIS
- vimdiff [options] file1 file2 [file3 [file4]]
+ vimdiff [options] file1 file2 [file3 [file4 [file5 [file6 [file7
+ [file8]]]]]]
gvimdiff
DESCRIPTION
- Vimdiff starts Vim on two (or three or four) files. Each file gets its
- own window. The differences between the files are highlighted. This
- is a nice way to inspect changes and to move changes from one version
- to another version of the same file.
+ Vimdiff starts Vim on two up to eight files. Each file gets its own
+ window. The differences between the files are highlighted. This is a
+ nice way to inspect changes and to move changes from one version to an‐
+ other version of the same file.
See vim(1) for details about Vim itself.
When started as gvimdiff the GUI will be started, if available.
- In each window the 'diff' option will be set, which causes the differ-
+ In each window the 'diff' option will be set, which causes the differ‐
ences to be highlighted.
The 'wrap' and 'scrollbind' options are set to make the text look good.
The 'foldmethod' option is set to "diff", which puts ranges of lines