VIMDOT(1)

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version 16.1.0 · 3 versions

16.1.0 · alpine 3.22, alpine 3.23, alpine 3.24, arch rolling, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking (latest)
9.0.0 · centos-stream 10, centos-stream 9
2.42.4 · debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing

, in alpine 3.22, alpine 3.23, alpine 3.24, arch rolling, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 VIMDOT(1) 💖

✨ NAME ✨

vimdot — Combined text editor and dot viewer. (General Commands Manual, iykyk. 💅)

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

vimdot [file]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so vimdot is a simple script, and what it does is launch the gvim or vim editor along with a GUI window that shows the dot output of the file you're editing. The dot output window automatically refreshes every single time the file is saved in the editor. no cap, it's giving live preview realness. 🔥

If no filename is given, vimdot will use noname.gv and initialize it with an example graph to get you started. so cute of it, honestly. 🎀

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

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

vim(1)
dot(1)

💜 AUTHOR 💜

vimdot was written by John Ellson <ellson@research.att.com>. 💖

This manual page was written by David Claughton <dave@eclecticdave.com>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). 🫶

okay bye bestie, this was the VIMDOT(1) page from Jan 31, 2010. periodt. 💅💖

📦 where this page comes from

alpine 3.22: graphviz-doc 12.2.1-r0 · EPL-1.0
alpine 3.23: graphviz-doc 12.2.1-r0 · EPL-1.0
alpine 3.24: graphviz-doc 12.2.1-r3 · EPL-1.0
arch rolling: graphviz 16.1.0-2 · EPL
fedora 43: graphviz 13.1.1-3.fc43 · epl-1.0 AND cpl-1.0 AND bsd-3-clause AND mit AND gpl-3.0-or-later WITH bison-exception-2.2 AND apache-1.1 AND lgpl-2.0-or-later WITH libtool-exception AND smlnj AND hpnd-uc
fedora 43: graphviz 13.1.1-3.fc43 · epl-1.0 AND cpl-1.0 AND bsd-3-clause AND mit AND gpl-3.0-or-later WITH bison-exception-2.2 AND apache-1.1 AND lgpl-2.0-or-later WITH libtool-exception AND smlnj AND hpnd-uc
fedora 43: graphviz 13.1.2-3.fc43 · epl-1.0 AND cpl-1.0 AND bsd-3-clause AND mit AND gpl-3.0-or-later WITH bison-exception-2.2 AND apache-1.1 AND lgpl-2.0-or-later WITH libtool-exception AND smlnj AND hpnd-uc
fedora 43: graphviz 13.1.2-3.fc43 · epl-1.0 AND cpl-1.0 AND bsd-3-clause AND mit AND gpl-3.0-or-later WITH bison-exception-2.2 AND apache-1.1 AND lgpl-2.0-or-later WITH libtool-exception AND smlnj AND hpnd-uc
fedora 44: graphviz 14.1.2-2.fc44 · epl-1.0 AND cpl-1.0 AND bsd-3-clause AND mit AND gpl-3.0-or-later WITH bison-exception-2.2 AND apache-1.1 AND lgpl-2.0-or-later WITH libtool-exception AND smlnj AND hpnd-uc
fedora 44: graphviz 14.1.2-2.fc44 · epl-1.0 AND cpl-1.0 AND bsd-3-clause AND mit AND gpl-3.0-or-later WITH bison-exception-2.2 AND apache-1.1 AND lgpl-2.0-or-later WITH libtool-exception AND smlnj AND hpnd-uc
fedora 44: graphviz 14.1.4-2.fc44 · epl-1.0 AND cpl-1.0 AND bsd-3-clause AND mit AND gpl-3.0-or-later WITH bison-exception-2.2 AND apache-1.1 AND lgpl-2.0-or-later WITH libtool-exception AND smlnj AND hpnd-uc
fedora 44: graphviz 14.1.4-2.fc44 · epl-1.0 AND cpl-1.0 AND bsd-3-clause AND mit AND gpl-3.0-or-later WITH bison-exception-2.2 AND apache-1.1 AND lgpl-2.0-or-later WITH libtool-exception AND smlnj AND hpnd-uc
nixos 26.05: graphviz 12.2.1
nixpkgs unstable: graphviz 15.1.1
ubuntu resolute: graphviz-tools 14.1.2-1ubuntu1 · EPL-1.0
ubuntu stonking: graphviz-tools 14.1.2-1ubuntu2 · EPL-1.0
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