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@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ OPTIONS
name arguments. Vim will open all the files and show dif‐
ferences between them. Works like vimdiff(1).
- -d {device} Open {device} for use as a terminal. Only on the Amiga.
+ -d {device}, -dev {device}
+ Open {device} for use as a terminal. Only on the Amiga.
Example: "-d con:20/30/600/150".
-D Debugging. Go to debugging mode when executing the first
@@ -171,7 +172,15 @@ OPTIONS
ables the GUI. If no GUI support was compiled in, an error
message is given and Vim aborts.
- -h Give a bit of help about the command line arguments and op‐
+ --gui-dialog-file {name}
+ When using the GUI, instead of showing a dialog, write the
+ title and message of the dialog to file {name}. The file
+ is created or appended to. Only useful for testing, to
+ avoid that the test gets stuck on a dialog that can't be
+ seen. Without the GUI the argument is ignored.
+
+ --help, -h, -?
+ Give a bit of help about the command line arguments and op‐
tions. After this Vim exits.
-H If Vim has been compiled with RIGHTLEFT support for editing
@@ -220,6 +229,15 @@ OPTIONS
-p[N] Open N tab pages. When N is omitted, open one tab page for
each file.
+ -P {parent-title}
+ Win32 GUI only: Specify the title of the parent applica‐
+ tion. When possible, Vim will run in an MDI window inside
+ the application. {parent-title} must appear in the window
+ title of the parent application. Make sure that it is spe‐
+ cific enough. Note that the implementation is still primi‐
+ tive. It won't work with all applications and the menu
+ doesn't work.
+
-R Read-only mode. The 'readonly' option will be set. You
can still edit the buffer, but will be prevented from acci‐
dentally overwriting a file. If you do want to overwrite a
@@ -252,26 +270,47 @@ OPTIONS
terminal known to Vim (builtin) or defined in the termcap
or terminfo file.
- -u {vimrc} Use the commands in the file {vimrc} for initializations.
- All the other initializations are skipped. Use this to
- edit a special kind of files. It can also be used to skip
- all initializations by giving the name "NONE". See ":help
+ --not-a-term
+ Tells Vim that the user knows that the input and/or output
+ is not connected to a terminal. This will avoid the warn‐
+ ing and the two second delay that would happen.
+
+ --ttyfail When stdin or stdout is not a a terminal (tty) then exit
+ right away.
+
+ -u {vimrc} Use the commands in the file {vimrc} for initializations.
+ All the other initializations are skipped. Use this to
+ edit a special kind of files. It can also be used to skip
+ all initializations by giving the name "NONE". See ":help
initialization" within vim for more details.
- -U {gvimrc} Use the commands in the file {gvimrc} for GUI initializa‐
- tions. All the other GUI initializations are skipped. It
- can also be used to skip all GUI initializations by giving
- the name "NONE". See ":help gui-init" within vim for more
+ -U {gvimrc} Use the commands in the file {gvimrc} for GUI initializa‐
+ tions. All the other GUI initializations are skipped. It
+ can also be used to skip all GUI initializations by giving
+ the name "NONE". See ":help gui-init" within vim for more
details.
- -V[N] Verbose. Give messages about which files are sourced and
- for reading and writing a viminfo file. The optional num‐
+ -V[N] Verbose. Give messages about which files are sourced and
+ for reading and writing a viminfo file. The optional num‐
ber N is the value for 'verbose'. Default is 10.
+ -V[N]{filename}
+ Like -V and set 'verbosefile' to {filename}. The result is
+ that messages are not displayed but written to the file
+ {filename}. {filename} must not start with a digit.
+
+ --log {filename}
+ If Vim has been compiled with eval and channel feature,
+ start logging and write entries to {filename}. This works
+ like calling ch_logfile({filename}, 'ao') very early during
+ startup.
+
-v Start Vim in Vi mode, just like the executable was called
"vi". This only has effect when the executable is called
"ex".
+ -w{number} Set the 'window' option to {number}.
+
-w {scriptout}
All the characters that you type are recorded in the file
{scriptout}, until you exit Vim. This is useful if you
@@ -306,8 +345,6 @@ OPTIONS
--echo-wid GTK GUI only: Echo the Window ID on stdout.
- --help Give a help message and exit, just like "-h".
-
--literal Take file name arguments literally, do not expand wild‐
cards. This has no effect on Unix where the shell expands
wildcards.
@@ -354,58 +391,67 @@ OPTIONS
--version Print version information and exit.
+ --windowid {id}
+ Win32 GUI only: Make gvim try to use the window {id} as a
+ parent, so that it runs inside that window.
+
ON-LINE HELP
- Type ":help" in Vim to get started. Type ":help subject" to get help
- on a specific subject. For example: ":help ZZ" to get help for the
- "ZZ" command. Use <Tab> and CTRL-D to complete subjects (":help cmd‐
- line-completion"). Tags are present to jump from one place to another
+ Type ":help" in Vim to get started. Type ":help subject" to get help
+ on a specific subject. For example: ":help ZZ" to get help for the
+ "ZZ" command. Use <Tab> and CTRL-D to complete subjects (":help cmd‐
+ line-completion"). Tags are present to jump from one place to another
(sort of hypertext links, see ":help"). All documentation files can be
viewed in this way, for example ":help syntax.txt".
FILES
- /usr/local/lib/vim/doc/*.txt
- The Vim documentation files. Use ":help doc-file-list"
+ /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/doc/*.txt
+ The Vim documentation files. Use ":help doc-file-list"
to get the complete list.
+ vim?? is short version number, like vim91 for Vim 9.1
- /usr/local/lib/vim/doc/tags
- The tags file used for finding information in the docu‐
+ /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/doc/tags
+ The tags file used for finding information in the docu‐
mentation files.
- /usr/local/lib/vim/syntax/syntax.vim
+ /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/syntax/syntax.vim
System wide syntax initializations.
- /usr/local/lib/vim/syntax/*.vim
+ /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/syntax/*.vim
Syntax files for various languages.
- /usr/local/lib/vim/vimrc
+ /usr/local/share/vim/vimrc
System wide Vim initializations.
- ~/.vimrc Your personal Vim initializations.
+ ~/.vimrc, ~/.vim/vimrc, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vim/vimrc
+ Your personal Vim initializations (first one found is
+ used).
- /usr/local/lib/vim/gvimrc
+ /usr/local/share/vim/gvimrc
System wide gvim initializations.
- ~/.gvimrc Your personal gvim initializations.
+ ~/.gvimrc, ~/.vim/gvimrc, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vim/gvimrc
+ Your personal gvim initializations (first one found is
+ used).
- /usr/local/lib/vim/optwin.vim
- Script used for the ":options" command, a nice way to
+ /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/optwin.vim
+ Script used for the ":options" command, a nice way to
view and set options.
- /usr/local/lib/vim/menu.vim
+ /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/menu.vim
System wide menu initializations for gvim.
- /usr/local/lib/vim/bugreport.vim
+ /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/bugreport.vim
Script to generate a bug report. See ":help bugs".
- /usr/local/lib/vim/filetype.vim
- Script to detect the type of a file by its name. See
+ /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/filetype.vim
+ Script to detect the type of a file by its name. See
":help 'filetype'".
- /usr/local/lib/vim/scripts.vim
- Script to detect the type of a file by its contents.
+ /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/scripts.vim
+ Script to detect the type of a file by its contents.
See ":help 'filetype'".
- /usr/local/lib/vim/print/*.ps
+ /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/print/*.ps
Files used for PostScript printing.
For recent info read the VIM home page:
@@ -417,19 +463,19 @@ SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Most of Vim was made by Bram Moolenaar, with a lot of help from others.
See ":help credits" in Vim.
- Vim is based on Stevie, worked on by: Tim Thompson, Tony Andrews and
+ Vim is based on Stevie, worked on by: Tim Thompson, Tony Andrews and
G.R. (Fred) Walter. Although hardly any of the original code remains.
BUGS
Probably. See ":help todo" for a list of known problems.
- Note that a number of things that may be regarded as bugs by some, are
- in fact caused by a too-faithful reproduction of Vi's behaviour. And
- if you think other things are bugs "because Vi does it differently",
- you should take a closer look at the vi_diff.txt file (or type :help
- vi_diff.txt when in Vim). Also have a look at the 'compatible' and
+ Note that a number of things that may be regarded as bugs by some, are
+ in fact caused by a too-faithful reproduction of Vi's behaviour. And
+ if you think other things are bugs "because Vi does it differently",
+ you should take a closer look at the vi_diff.txt file (or type :help
+ vi_diff.txt when in Vim). Also have a look at the 'compatible' and
'cpoptions' options.
- 2021 Jun 13 VIM(1)
+ 2024 Jun 04 VIM(1)