Contents The Vim package contains the ctags, etags, ex, gview, gvim, rgview, rgvim, rview, rvim, view, vim, vimtutor and xxd programs. Description ctags ctags generate tag files for source code. etags etags does the same as ctags but it can generate cross reference files which list information about the various source objects found in a set of language files. ex ex starts vim in Ex mode. gview gview is the GUI version of view. gvim gvim is the GUI version of vim. rgview rgview is the GUI version of rview. rgvim rgvim is the GUI version of rvim. 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. view view starts vim in read-only mode. vim vim starts vim in the normal, default way. vimtutor vimtutor starts the Vim tutor. xxd xxd makes a hexdump or does the reverse.