shell> vimdiff file1 file2 ~OR~ shell> vim file1 file2 Create a vertical split window: Control-w v Enable visual diff on the left side: :diffthis Move the cursor to the right side buffer: Control-w Right-arrow Enable visual diff on the left side: :diffthis You should now see the differences highlighted on both sides.
To create indents with 4 space characters which are entered by pressing the TAB key:
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set tabstop=8softtabstop=0expandtab shiftwidth=4smarttab
To make the above settings permanent add to your ~/.vimrc file. For more details on any of these see :help ‘optionname’ in vim (e.g. :help ‘tabstop’) tabstop The width of a hard tabstop measured in “spaces” — effectively the […]
h move one character left j move one row down k move one row up l move one character right w move to beginning of next word b move to previous beginning of word e move to end of word W move to beginning of next word after a whitespace B move to beginning of […]
Put the following line in your .vimrc file: autocmd FileType * setlocal formatoptions-=c formatoptions-=r formatoptions-=o Or, use this one-off command when in VIM: :set formatoptions-=c formatoptions-=r formatoptions-=o http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Disable_automatic_comment_insertion
erics, February 5th, 2024 
Categories: How-To's, Technology :diffthis, Buffer, diff, howto, Split, tips, Vertical, vi, vim, Visual, Visual Diff
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