Vim

Official Download Location

Vim (6.0):
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/editors/vim/unix/

Contents

Program Files

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

Descriptions

ex

ex starts vim in Ex mode.

rview

rview is a restricted version of view. No shell commands can be started and Vim can't be suspended.

rvim

rvim is the restricted version of vim. No shell commands can be started and Vim can't be suspended.

vi

vi starst vim in vi-compatible mode.

view

view starts vim in read-only mode.

vim

vim starts vim in the normal, default way.

vimdiff

vimdiff edits two or three versions of a file with Vim and show differences.

vimtutor

vimtutor starts the Vim tutor.

xxd

xxd makes a hexdump or does the reverse.

Dependencies

Vim-6.0 needs the following to be installed:


bash: sh
binutils: as, ld, strip
diffutils: cmp, diff
fileutils: chmod, cp, ln, mkdir, mv, rm, touch
find: find
gcc: cc1, collect2, cpp0, gcc
grep: egrep, grep
make: make
net-tools: hostname
sed: sed
sh-utils: echo, expr, uname, whoami
textutils: cat, tr, wc