Re: How to start vimdiff?

2014-06-30 Thread Tony Mechelynck
On 09/06/14 14:16, Tim Chase wrote: On 2014-06-08 22:39, Tony Mechelynck wrote: 7.0.0 that I have on my work XP machine (I can hear Tony groaning at that version number) Me groan? I have more important things to groan about at the moment. Anyway, it's your funeral, not only about Vim but als

Re: How to start vimdiff?

2014-06-09 Thread Tim Chase
On 2014-06-08 22:39, Tony Mechelynck wrote: >> 7.0.0 that I have on my work XP machine >> (I can hear Tony groaning at that version number) > > Me groan? I have more important things to groan about at the > moment. Anyway, it's your funeral, not only about Vim but also > about M$W. Yeah, it's an

Re: How to start vimdiff?

2014-06-08 Thread Tony Mechelynck
On 08/06/14 21:29, Tim Chase wrote: On 2014-06-08 12:20, Ben Fritz wrote: On Saturday, June 7, 2014 9:35:40 AM UTC-5, wolfv wrote: Thanks Tim. That explains it, there is no "vimdiff.bat" on my system. Is there a "gvimdiff.bat"? I use that occasionally, but I don't remember whether Vim's inst

Re: How to start vimdiff?

2014-06-08 Thread Tim Chase
On 2014-06-08 12:20, Ben Fritz wrote: > On Saturday, June 7, 2014 9:35:40 AM UTC-5, wolfv wrote: > > Thanks Tim. That explains it, there is no "vimdiff.bat" on my > > system. > > Is there a "gvimdiff.bat"? I use that occasionally, but I don't > remember whether Vim's installer created it, of if I

Re: How to start vimdiff?

2014-06-08 Thread Ben Fritz
On Saturday, June 7, 2014 9:35:40 AM UTC-5, wolfv wrote: > Thanks Tim. That explains it, there is no "vimdiff.bat" on my system. Is there a "gvimdiff.bat"? I use that occasionally, but I don't remember whether Vim's installer created it, of if I did so manually. -- -- You received this messag

Re: How to start vimdiff?

2014-06-07 Thread Rajarajan Rajamani
Try vim -d file1 file2 I only use vim in linux, but I guess that should work. On Jun 7, 2014 3:07 AM, "wolfv" wrote: > I would like to learn vimdiff, but haven't got very far. > I can start vim and gvim from the Command Prompt, but not vimdiff. > How to start vimdiff? > > Here is what I tried on

Re: How to start vimdiff?

2014-06-07 Thread wolfv
Thanks Tim. That explains it, there is no "vimdiff.bat" on my system. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message bec

Re: How to start vimdiff?

2014-06-07 Thread Tim Chase
On 2014-06-07 05:36, wolfv wrote: > Thanks. "vim -d" worked. > The important thing is that it works. > Just curious why "vimdiff" gets an error. > The manual says, "The easiest way to start editing in diff mode is > with the "vimdiff" command." > > Here is what I get from the Command Prompt: > >

Re: How to start vimdiff?

2014-06-07 Thread wolfv
On Saturday, June 7, 2014 1:07:37 AM UTC-6, wolfv wrote: > I would like to learn vimdiff, but haven't got very far. > I can start vim and gvim from the Command Prompt, but not vimdiff. > How to start vimdiff? > > Here is what I tried on the Command Prompt: > > C:\>vimdiff > 'vimdiff' is not recog

RE: How to start vimdiff?

2014-06-07 Thread Marc Weber
:bufdo diffoff might be useful, too Marc Weber -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed

RE: How to start vimdiff?

2014-06-07 Thread John Beckett
wolfv wrote: > How to start vimdiff? Using ":help vimdiff" shows that vimdiff is equivalent to "vim -d". Using gvim (which I recommend), you could start it at command prompt: gvim -d file1 file2 Or, if you are already editing file2, you would enter: :diffs file1 It is handy to do the