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vimdot(1)

vimdot1

Combined text editor and dot viewer

Usage

vimdot [file]

Overview

vimdot is a simple script which launches the gvim or vim editor along with a GUI window showing the dot output of the edited file. The dot output window automatically refreshes every time the file is saved in the editor.

If no filename is given, vimdot will use 'noname.gv' and initialize it with an example graph to get you started.

The GUI window (provided by "dot -Txlib") supports zooming using the mouse scroll-wheel, and panning by holding the scroll-wheel down and dragging.

History

  • Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
  • Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 10 (Buster)
  • Debian 9 (Stretch) to Debian 8 (Jessie)
  • Debian 7 (Wheezy) to Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)

Author

vimdot was written by John Ellson <[email protected]>

This manual page was written by David Claughton <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

From graphviz 16.1.0-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.