annotate runtime/doc/vim.man @ 6775:c0bc9b60fb8a v7.4.709

patch 7.4.709 Problem: ":tabmove" does not work as documented. Solution: Make it work consistently. Update documentation and add tests. (Hirohito Higashi)
author Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
date Tue, 21 Apr 2015 18:08:39 +0200
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1 VIM(1) VIM(1)
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5 NAME
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6 vim - Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor
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8 SYNOPSIS
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9 vim [options] [file ..]
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10 vim [options] -
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11 vim [options] -t tag
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12 vim [options] -q [errorfile]
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14 ex
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15 view
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16 gvim gview evim eview
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17 rvim rview rgvim rgview
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19 DESCRIPTION
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20 Vim is a text editor that is upwards compatible to Vi. It can be used
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21 to edit all kinds of plain text. It is especially useful for editing
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22 programs.
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24 There are a lot of enhancements above Vi: multi level undo, multi win-
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25 dows and buffers, syntax highlighting, command line editing, filename
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26 completion, on-line help, visual selection, etc.. See ":help
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27 vi_diff.txt" for a summary of the differences between Vim and Vi.
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29 While running Vim a lot of help can be obtained from the on-line help
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30 system, with the ":help" command. See the ON-LINE HELP section below.
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32 Most often Vim is started to edit a single file with the command
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36 More generally Vim is started with:
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38 vim [options] [filelist]
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40 If the filelist is missing, the editor will start with an empty buffer.
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41 Otherwise exactly one out of the following four may be used to choose
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42 one or more files to be edited.
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44 file .. A list of filenames. The first one will be the current
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45 file and read into the buffer. The cursor will be posi-
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46 tioned on the first line of the buffer. You can get to the
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47 other files with the ":next" command. To edit a file that
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48 starts with a dash, precede the filelist with "--".
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49
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50 - The file to edit is read from stdin. Commands are read
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51 from stderr, which should be a tty.
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53 -t {tag} The file to edit and the initial cursor position depends on
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54 a "tag", a sort of goto label. {tag} is looked up in the
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55 tags file, the associated file becomes the current file and
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56 the associated command is executed. Mostly this is used
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57 for C programs, in which case {tag} could be a function
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58 name. The effect is that the file containing that function
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59 becomes the current file and the cursor is positioned on
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60 the start of the function. See ":help tag-commands".
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61
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62 -q [errorfile]
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63 Start in quickFix mode. The file [errorfile] is read and
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64 the first error is displayed. If [errorfile] is omitted,
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65 the filename is obtained from the 'errorfile' option
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66 (defaults to "AztecC.Err" for the Amiga, "errors.err" on
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67 other systems). Further errors can be jumped to with the
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68 ":cn" command. See ":help quickfix".
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70 Vim behaves differently, depending on the name of the command (the exe-
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71 cutable may still be the same file).
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73 vim The "normal" way, everything is default.
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75 ex Start in Ex mode. Go to Normal mode with the ":vi" command.
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76 Can also be done with the "-e" argument.
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78 view Start in read-only mode. You will be protected from writing
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79 the files. Can also be done with the "-R" argument.
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81 gvim gview
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82 The GUI version. Starts a new window. Can also be done with
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83 the "-g" argument.
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85 evim eview
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86 The GUI version in easy mode. Starts a new window. Can also
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87 be done with the "-y" argument.
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89 rvim rview rgvim rgview
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90 Like the above, but with restrictions. It will not be possi-
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91 ble to start shell commands, or suspend Vim. Can also be
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92 done with the "-Z" argument.
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94 OPTIONS
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95 The options may be given in any order, before or after filenames.
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96 Options without an argument can be combined after a single dash.
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98 +[num] For the first file the cursor will be positioned on line
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102 +/{pat} For the first file the cursor will be positioned on the
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108 -c {command}
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110 read. {command} is interpreted as an Ex command. If the
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111 {command} contains spaces it must be enclosed in double
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112 quotes (this depends on the shell that is used). Example:
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113 Vim "+set si" main.c
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116 -S {file} {file} will be sourced after the first file has been read.
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117 This is equivalent to -c "source {file}". {file} cannot
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118 start with '-'. If {file} is omitted "Session.vim" is used
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119 (only works when -S is the last argument).
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121 --cmd {command}
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122 Like using "-c", but the command is executed just before
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123 processing any vimrc file. You can use up to 10 of these
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124 commands, independently from "-c" commands.
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126 -A If Vim has been compiled with ARABIC support for editing
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127 right-to-left oriented files and Arabic keyboard mapping,
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128 this option starts Vim in Arabic mode, i.e. 'arabic' is
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129 set. Otherwise an error message is given and Vim aborts.
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131 -b Binary mode. A few options will be set that makes it pos-
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132 sible to edit a binary or executable file.
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134 -C Compatible. Set the 'compatible' option. This will make
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135 Vim behave mostly like Vi, even though a .vimrc file
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136 exists.
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138 -d Start in diff mode. There should be two, three or four
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142 -d {device} Open {device} for use as a terminal. Only on the Amiga.
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143 Example: "-d con:20/30/600/150".
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145 -D Debugging. Go to debugging mode when executing the first
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146 command from a script.
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148 -e Start Vim in Ex mode, just like the executable was called
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149 "ex".
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154 -f Foreground. For the GUI version, Vim will not fork and
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155 detach from the shell it was started in. On the Amiga, Vim
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157 be used when Vim is executed by a program that will wait
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158 for the edit session to finish (e.g. mail). On the Amiga
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159 the ":sh" and ":!" commands will not work.
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161 --nofork Foreground. For the GUI version, Vim will not fork and
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162 detach from the shell it was started in.
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164 -F If Vim has been compiled with FKMAP support for editing
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165 right-to-left oriented files and Farsi keyboard mapping,
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166 this option starts Vim in Farsi mode, i.e. 'fkmap' and
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167 'rightleft' are set. Otherwise an error message is given
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168 and Vim aborts.
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170 -g If Vim has been compiled with GUI support, this option
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171 enables the GUI. If no GUI support was compiled in, an
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172 error message is given and Vim aborts.
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174 -h Give a bit of help about the command line arguments and
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175 options. After this Vim exits.
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177 -H If Vim has been compiled with RIGHTLEFT support for editing
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178 right-to-left oriented files and Hebrew keyboard mapping,
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179 this option starts Vim in Hebrew mode, i.e. 'hkmap' and
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180 'rightleft' are set. Otherwise an error message is given
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181 and Vim aborts.
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183 -i {viminfo}
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184 When using the viminfo file is enabled, this option sets
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185 the filename to use, instead of the default "~/.viminfo".
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186 This can also be used to skip the use of the .viminfo file,
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187 by giving the name "NONE".
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188
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189 -L Same as -r.
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191 -l Lisp mode. Sets the 'lisp' and 'showmatch' options on.
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247 characters are read from the keyboard.
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277 {scriptout}, until you exit Vim. This is useful if you
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282 -W {scriptout}
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288 -X Don't connect to the X server. Shortens startup time in a
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293 "evim" or "eview". Makes Vim behave like a click-and-type
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303 --echo-wid GTK GUI only: Echo the Window ID on stdout.
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359 /usr/local/lib/vim/doc/*.txt
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368 System wide syntax initializations.
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371 Syntax files for various languages.
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384 Script used for the ":options" command, a nice way to
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387 /usr/local/lib/vim/menu.vim
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388 System wide menu initializations for gvim.
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390 /usr/local/lib/vim/bugreport.vim
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391 Script to generate a bug report. See ":help bugs".
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393 /usr/local/lib/vim/filetype.vim
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394 Script to detect the type of a file by its name. See
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397 /usr/local/lib/vim/scripts.vim
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398 Script to detect the type of a file by its contents.
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399 See ":help 'filetype'".
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401 /usr/local/lib/vim/print/*.ps
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402 Files used for PostScript printing.
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404 For recent info read the VIM home page:
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405 <URL:http://www.vim.org/>
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407 SEE ALSO
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408 vimtutor(1)
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410 AUTHOR
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411 Most of Vim was made by Bram Moolenaar, with a lot of help from others.
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412 See ":help credits" in Vim.
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413 Vim is based on Stevie, worked on by: Tim Thompson, Tony Andrews and
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414 G.R. (Fred) Walter. Although hardly any of the original code remains.
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416 BUGS
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417 Probably. See ":help todo" for a list of known problems.
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419 Note that a number of things that may be regarded as bugs by some, are
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420 in fact caused by a too-faithful reproduction of Vi's behaviour. And
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421 if you think other things are bugs "because Vi does it differently",
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422 you should take a closer look at the vi_diff.txt file (or type :help
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423 vi_diff.txt when in Vim). Also have a look at the 'compatible' and
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424 'cpoptions' options.
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428 2006 Apr 11 VIM(1)