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doc: vi_diff: Remove 'Command line arguments' section
In regards to Nvim, it's very outdated; for an updated list of such arguments refer to the manual page or `nvim --help`. In all other regards, it's of little to no use to end-users.
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@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ More generally, Vim is started with:
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Option arguments and file name arguments can be mixed, and any number of them
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can be given. However, watch out for options that take an argument.
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For compatibility with various Vi versions, see |cmdline-arguments|.
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Exactly one out of the following five items may be used to choose how to
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start editing:
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@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ mentioned in other files and gives an overview.
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2. Limits |limits|
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3. The most interesting additions |vim-additions|
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4. Other vim features |other-features|
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5. Command-line arguments |cmdline-arguments|
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==============================================================================
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1. Missing options *missing-options*
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@@ -724,176 +723,5 @@ changing files.
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The "No lines in buffer" message is a normal message instead of an error
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message, since that may cause a mapping to be aborted.
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==============================================================================
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5. Command-line arguments *cmdline-arguments*
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Different versions of Vi have different command-line arguments. This can be
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confusing. To help you, this section gives an overview of the differences.
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Five variants of Vi will be considered here:
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Elvis Elvis version 2.1b
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Nvi Nvi version 1.79
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Posix Posix 1003.2
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Vi Vi version 3.7 (for Sun 4.1.x)
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Vile Vile version 7.4 (incomplete)
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Vim Vim version 5.2
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Only Vim is able to accept options in between and after the file names.
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+{command} Elvis, Nvi, Posix, Vi, Vim: Same as "-c {command}".
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- Nvi, Posix, Vi: Run Ex in batch mode.
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Vim: Read file from stdin (use -s for batch mode).
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-- Vim: End of options, only file names are following.
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--cmd {command} Vim: execute {command} before sourcing vimrc files.
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--echo-wid Vim: GTK+ echoes the Window ID on stdout
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--help Vim: show help message and exit.
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--literal Vim: take file names literally, don't expand wildcards.
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--nofork Vim: same as -f
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--noplugin[s] Vim: Skip loading plugins.
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--remote Vim: edit the files in another Vim server
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--remote-expr {expr} Vim: evaluate {expr} in another Vim server
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--remote-send {keys} Vim: send {keys} to a Vim server and exit
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--remote-silent {file} Vim: edit the files in another Vim server if possible
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--remote-wait Vim: edit the files in another Vim server and wait for it
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--remote-wait-silent Vim: like --remote-wait, no complaints if not possible
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--role {role} Vim: GTK+ 2: set role of main window
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--serverlist Vim: Output a list of Vim servers and exit
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--servername {name} Vim: Specify Vim server name
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--socketid {id} Vim: GTK window socket to run Vim in
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--windowid {id} Vim: Win32 window ID to run Vim in
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--version Vim: show version message and exit.
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-? Vile: print usage summary and exit.
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-a Elvis: Load all specified file names into a window (use -o for
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Vim).
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-A Vim: Start in Arabic mode (when compiled with Arabic).
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-b {blksize} Elvis: Use {blksize} blocksize for the session file.
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-b Vim: set 'binary' mode.
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-C Vim: Compatible mode.
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-c {command} Elvis, Nvi, Posix, Vim: run {command} as an Ex command after
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loading the edit buffer.
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Vim: allow up to 10 "-c" arguments
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-d Vim: start with 'diff' set. |diff-mode|
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-D Vim: debug mode.
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-e Elvis, Nvi, Vim: Start in Ex mode.
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-E Vim: Start in improved Ex mode |gQ|.
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-f Vim: Run GUI in foreground.
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-f {session} Elvis: Use {session} as the session file.
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-F Vim: Start in Farsi mode (when compiled with Farsi).
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Nvi: Fast start, don't read the entire file when editing
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starts.
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-G {gui} Elvis: Use the {gui} as user interface.
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-g Vim: Start GUI.
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-g N Vile: start editing at line N
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-h Vim: Give help message.
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Vile: edit the help file
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-H Vim: start Hebrew mode (when compiled with it).
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-i Elvis: Start each window in Insert mode.
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-i {viminfo} Vim: Use {viminfo} for viminfo file.
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-L Vim: Same as "-r" (also in some versions of Vi).
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-l Nvi, Vi, Vim: Set 'lisp' and 'showmatch' options.
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-m Vim: Modifications not allowed to be written, resets 'write'
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option.
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-M Vim: Modifications not allowed, resets 'modifiable' and the
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'write' option.
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-N Vim: No-compatible mode.
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-n Vim: No swap file used.
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-nb[args] Vim: open a NetBeans interface connection
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-O[N] Vim: Like -o, but use vertically split windows.
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-o[N] Vim: Open [N] windows, or one for each file.
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-p[N] Vim: Open [N] tab pages, or one for each file.
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-P {parent-title} Win32 Vim: open Vim inside a parent application window
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-q {name} Vim: Use {name} for quickfix error file.
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-q{name} Vim: Idem.
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-R Elvis, Nvi, Posix, Vile, Vim: Set the 'readonly' option.
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-r Elvis, Nvi, Posix, Vi, Vim: Recovery mode.
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-S Nvi: Set 'secure' option.
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-S {script} Vim: source script after starting up.
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-s Nvi, Posix, Vim: Same as "-" (silent mode), when in Ex mode.
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Elvis: Sets the 'safer' option.
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-s {scriptin} Vim: Read from script file {scriptin}; only when not in Ex
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mode.
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-s {pattern} Vile: search for {pattern}
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-t {tag} Elvis, Nvi, Posix, Vi, Vim: Edit the file containing {tag}.
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-t{tag} Vim: Idem.
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-T {term} Vim: Set terminal name to {term}.
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-u {vimrc} Vim: Read initializations from {vimrc} file.
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-U {gvimrc} Vim: Read GUI initializations from {gvimrc} file.
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-v Nvi, Posix, Vi, Vim: Begin in Normal mode (visual mode, in Vi
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terms).
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Vile: View mode, no changes possible.
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-V Elvis, Vim: Verbose mode.
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-V{nr} Vim: Verbose mode with specified level.
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-w {size} Elvis, Posix, Nvi, Vi, Vim: Set value of 'window' to {size}.
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-w{size} Nvi, Vi: Same as "-w {size}".
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-w {name} Vim: Write to script file {name} (must start with non-digit).
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-W {name} Vim: Append to script file {name}.
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-X Vim: Don't connect to the X server.
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-Z Vim: restricted mode
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@{cmdfile} Vile: use {cmdfile} as startup file.
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vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl:
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