HELP

*help.txt*For Vim version 6.1.  Last change: 2001 Sep 14

VIM - main help file
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      Move around:  Use the cursor keys, or "h" to go left,       h   l
    "j" to go down, "k" to go up, "l" to go right. j
Close this window:  Use ":q<Enter>".
   Get out of Vim:  Use ":qa!<Enter>" (careful, all changes are lost!).

Jump to a subject:  Position the cursor on a tag between |bars| and hit CTRL-].
   With the mouse:  ":set mouse=a" to enable the mouse (in xterm or GUI).
    Double-click the left mouse button on a tag between |bars|.
jump back:  Type CTRL-T or CTRL-O (repeat to go further back).

Get specific help:  It is possible to go directly to whatever you want help
    on, by giving an argument to the ":help" command |:help|.
    It is possible to further specify the context:
*help-context*
  WHATPREPEND    EXAMPLE
      Normal mode commands     (nothing)   :help x
      Visual mode commands  v_   :help v_u
      Insert mode commands  i_   :help i_<Esc>
      Command-line commands  :   :help :quit
      Command-line editing  c_   :help c_<Del>
      Vim command arguments  -   :help -r
      options  '   :help 'textwidth'
  Search for help:  Type ":help word", then hit CTRL-D to see matching
    help entries for "word".

VIM stands for Vi IMproved.  Most of VIM was made by Bram Moolenaar, but only
through the help of many others.  See |credits|.

*doc-file-list* *Q_ct*
BASIC:
|quickref|Overview of the most common commands you will use
|tutor|30 minutes training course for beginners
|copying|About copyrights
|iccf|Helping poor children in Uganda
|www|Vim on the World Wide Web
|bugs|Where to send bug reports

USER MANUAL: These files explain how to accomplish an editing task.

|usr_toc|Table Of Contents

Getting Started 
|usr_01|  About the manuals
|usr_02|  The first steps in Vim
|usr_03|  Moving around
|usr_04|  Making small changes
|usr_05|  Set your settings
|usr_06|  Using syntax highlighting
|usr_07|  Editing more than one file
|usr_08|  Splitting windows
|usr_09|  Using the GUI
|usr_10|  Making big changes
|usr_11|  Recovering from a crash
|usr_12|  Clever tricks

Editing Effectively 
|usr_20|  Typing command-line commands quickly
|usr_21|  Go away and come back
|usr_22|  Finding the file to edit
|usr_23|  Editing other files
|usr_24|  Inserting quickly
|usr_25|  Editing formatted text
|usr_26|  Repeating
|usr_27|  Search commands and patterns
|usr_28|  Folding
|usr_29|  Moving through programs
|usr_30|  Editing programs
|usr_31|  Exploiting the GUI

Tuning Vim 
|usr_40|  Make new commands
|usr_41|  Write a Vim script
|usr_42|  Add new menus
|usr_43|  Using filetypes
|usr_44|  Your own syntax highlighted
|usr_45|  Select your language

Making Vim Run 
|usr_90|  Installing Vim


REFERENCE MANUAL: These files explain every detail of Vim.

General subjects 
|intro|general introduction to Vim; notation used in help files
|help|overview and quick reference (this file)
|index|alphabetical index of all commands
|help-tags|all the tags you can jump to (index of tags)
|howto|how to do the most common editing tasks
|tips|various tips on using Vim
|message|(error) messages and explanations
|quotes|remarks from users of Vim
|todo|known problems and desired extensions
|develop|development of Vim
|uganda|Vim distribution conditions and what to do with your money

Basic editing 
|starting|starting Vim, Vim command arguments, initialisation
|editing|editing and writing files
|motion|commands for moving around
|scroll|scrolling the text in the window
|insert|Insert and Replace mode
|change|deleting and replacing text
|indent|automatic indenting for C and other languages
|undo|Undo and Redo
|repeat|repeating commands, Vim scripts and debugging
|visual|using the Visual mode (selecting a text area)
|various|various remaining commands
|recover|recovering from a crash

Advanced editing 
|cmdline|Command-line editing
|options|description of all options
|pattern|regexp patterns and search commands
|map|key mapping and abbreviations
|tagsrch|tags and special searches
|quickfix|commands for a quick edit-compile-fix cycle
|windows|commands for using multiple windows and buffers
|syntax|syntax highlighting
|diff|working with two or three versions of the same file
|autocmd|automatically executing commands on an event
|filetype|settings done specifically for a type of file
|eval|expression evaluation, conditional commands
|fold|hide (fold) ranges of lines

Special issues 
|remote|using Vim as a server or client
|term|using different terminals and mice
|digraph|list of available digraphs
|mbyte|multi-byte text support
|mlang|non-English language support
|farsi|Farsi (Persian) editing
|hangulin|Hangul (Korean) input mode
|rileft|right-to-left editing

GUI 
|gui|Graphical User Interface (GUI)
|gui_w16|Windows 3.1 GUI
|gui_w32|Win32 GUI
|gui_x11|X11 GUI

Interfaces 
|if_cscop|using cscope with Vim
|if_perl|Perl interface
|if_pyth|Python interface
|if_sniff|SNiFF+ interface
|if_tcl|Tcl interface
|if_ole|OLE automation interface for Win32
|if_ruby|Ruby interface
|debugger|Interface with a debugger
|workshop|Sun Visual Workshop interface
|sign|debugging signs

Versions 
|vi_diff|main differences between Vim and Vi
|version4|differences between Vim version 3.0 and 4.x
|version5|differences between Vim version 4.6 and 5.x
|version6|differences between Vim version 5.7 and 6.x
*sys-file-list*
Remarks about specific systems 
|os_390|OS/390 Unix
|os_amiga|Amiga
|os_beos|BeOS and BeBox
|os_dos|MS-DOS and MS-Windows NT/95 common items
|os_mac|Macintosh
|os_mint|Atari MiNT
|os_msdos|MS-DOS (plain DOS and DOS box under Windows)
|os_os2|OS/2
|os_qnx|QNX
|os_risc|RISC-OS
|os_unix|Unix
|os_vms|VMS
|os_win32|MS-Windows 95/98/NT

Standard plugins*standard-plugin-list* 
|pi_netrw|Reading and writing files over a network
|pi_gzip|Reading and writing compressed files
|pi_expl|File explorer

LOCAL ADDITIONS:

*bars*Bars example

Now that you've jumped here with CTRL-] or a double mouse click, you can use
CTRL-T, CTRL-O, g<RightMouse>, or <C-RightMouse> to go back to where you were.

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