Name: Vim Viewer

Author: Jacques-Antoine Duret, Rahim Lila, Andrei Caracoti

Version: 3.0

Created: 07/2004

Modified: 08/16/2007

Purpose: This is a multi-purpose, multi-format viewer component that uses Vim to display data. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems. Vim is distributed free as charityware.

Requirements: Pipeline Pilot 6.0 or later
Integration collection

O/S: Windows, Linux

Limitations: none known

Keyword: vi vim viewer client

Contents: Vim Viewer - client viewer component

Installation:

1. Make sure Vim is installed on your client computer. Vim can be downloaded from http://www.vim.org/download.php.
2. Drag the component into the Pipeline Pilot client workspace.
3. Connect the component to a pipeline as you would any other Pipeline Pilot viewer.
4. Specify the path to the Vim executable in the PathToVim parameter on the component.
5. Specify the format of the data output.
6. Run the protocol.