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 compiler messages to QuickFix format. efm_perl.pl: Perl script to filter error messages from the Perl interpreter for use with Vim quickfix mode. 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. vim_vs_net.cmd: MS-Windows command file to use Vim with MS Visual Studio 7 and later. xcmdsrv_client.c: Example for a client program that communicates with a Vim server through the X-Windows interface. [xxd (and tee for OS/2) can be found in the src directory]