---
name: "vimplate"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "vim-scripts"
version: "20210124.4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vimplate"
---

# vimplate(1)

the vim template system.

## NAME

vimplate - the vim template system.

## DEPENDS on PACKAGES

**Template-Toolkit** http://search.cpan.org/~abw/Template-Toolkit-2.14

please install Template-Toolkit on your system.

## DEPENDS on SETTINGS

**variable HOME**

on unix/bsd/linux the variable home is set. On Windows please set the variable home to the value where \_vimplaterc should be locatet.

## SYNOPSIS

- vimplate \<-template=\<template\>\> \[-out=\<file\>\] \[-user=\<user\>\] \[-dir=\<dir\>\] \[-config=\<file\>\]

  - vimplate \<-createconfig\>

  - vimplate \<-listtemplates\>

  - vimplate \<-listusers\>

  - vimplate \<-version\>

  - vimplate \<-help\|-h\|-?\>

  - vimplate \<-man\>

  ## OPTIONS

- **-help\|-h\|-?**

  Print a brief help message and exit.

- **-man**

  Print the manual page and exit.

- **-version**

  Print the version and exit.

- **-createconfig**

  Write a vimplate config to `$HOME`/.vimplaterc or `%HOME`%\\\_vimplaterc (on Windows) and exit.

- **-dir\|d=\<templatedir**\>

  Search templatefiles in \<templatedir\>.

- **-listtemplate**

  Print the avaible templates and exit.

- **-listusers**

  Print the avaible users and exit.

- **-user\|u=\<username**\>

  Use the information form user \<username\> while parsing templates.

- **-template=\<templatefile**\>

  Use the \<templatefile\>.

## DESCRIPTION

**vimplate** Print a spezified template to standard output.

## AUTHOR

Urs Stotz \<stotz@gmx.ch\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2004-2005, Urs Stotz \<stotz@gmx.ch\>

All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

## SEE ALSO

[**perl**(1)](/perl/1.md) **Template**(3)