Some tools that can be used with Vim: blink.c: C program to make the cursor blink in an xterm. ccfilter*: C program to filter the output of a few compilers to a common QuickFix format. efm_filter.*: Perl script to filter error messages to QuickFix format. gvimdiff: Shell script for side-by-side comparing files with highlighting. Requires sdiff, gvim and a wide screen. mve.* Awk script to filter error messages to QuickFix format. pltags.pl: Perl script to create a tags file from Perl scripts. ref: Shell script for the K command. shtags.*: Perl script to create a tags file from a shell script. tcltags: Shell + Awk script to create a tags file from a TCL file. vim132: Shell script to edit in 132 column mode on vt100 compatible terminals. vimm: Shell script to start Vim on a DEC terminal with mouse enabled. vimspell.*: Shell script for highlighting spelling mistakes. [ctags, xxd and tee can be found in the src directory]