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*vi-help.txt* For Vim version 7.1. Last change: 2008 Mar 03
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VIM - minimal help file
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(NOTE: This is a minimal help file and many tags won't work. Use 'vim' or
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'gvim' to read the complete help docs.)
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k
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Move around: Use the cursor keys, or "h" to go left, h l
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"j" to go down, "k" to go up, "l" to go right. j
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Close this window: Use ":q<Enter>".
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Get out of Vim: Use ":qa!<Enter>" (careful, all changes are lost!).
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Jump to a subject: Position the cursor on a tag between |bars| and hit CTRL-].
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Jump back: Type CTRL-T or CTRL-O (repeat to go further back).
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Get specific help: It is possible to go directly to whatever you want help
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on, by giving an argument to the ":help" command |:help|.
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It is possible to further specify the context:
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*vi-help-context*
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WHAT PREPEND EXAMPLE ~
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Normal mode command (nothing) :help x
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Insert mode command i_ :help i_<Esc>
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Command-line command : :help :quit
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Command-line editing c_ :help c_
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Vim command argument - :help -r
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Option ' :help 'textwidth'
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Search for help: Type ":help word", then hit CTRL-D to see matching
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help entries for "word".
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VIM stands for Vi IMproved. Most of VIM was made by Bram Moolenaar, but only
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through the help of many others. See |vi-credits|.
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3. Credits *vi-credits* *vi-author* *vi-Bram* *vi-Moolenaar*
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Most of Vim was written by Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>.
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Parts of the documentation come from several Vi manuals, written by:
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W.N. Joy
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Alan P.W. Hewett
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Mark Horton
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The Vim editor is based on Stevie and includes (ideas from) other software,
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worked on by the people mentioned here. Other people helped by sending me
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patches, suggestions and giving feedback about what is good and bad in Vim.
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Vim would never have become what it is now, without the help of these people!
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Ron Aaron Win32 GUI changes
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Zoltan Arpadffy work on VMS port
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Tony Andrews Stevie
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Gert van Antwerpen changes for DJGPP on MS-DOS
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Berkeley DB(3) ideas for swap file implementation
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Keith Bostic Nvi
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Walter Briscoe Makefile updates, various patches
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Ralf Brown SPAWNO library for MS-DOS
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Robert Colon many useful remarks
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Marcin Dalecki GTK+ GUI port, toolbar icons, gettext()
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Kayhan Demirel sent me news in Uganda
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Chris & John Downey xvi (ideas for multi-windows version)
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Henk Elbers first VMS port
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Daniel Elstner GTK+ 2 port
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Eric Fischer Mac port, 'cindent', and other improvements
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Benji Fisher Answering lots of user questions
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Bill Foster Athena GUI port
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Loic Grenie xvim (ideas for multi windows version)
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Sven Guckes Vim promotor and previous WWW page maintainer
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Darren Hiebert Exuberant ctags
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Jason Hildebrand GTK+ 2 port
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Bruce Hunsaker improvements for VMS port
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Andy Kahn Cscope support, GTK+ GUI port
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Oezguer Kesim Maintainer of Vim Mailing Lists
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Axel Kielhorn work on the Macintosh port
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Steve Kirkendall Elvis
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Roger Knobbe original port to Windows NT
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Sergey Laskavy Vim's help from Moscow
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Felix von Leitner Maintainer of Vim Mailing Lists
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David Leonard Port of Python extensions to Unix
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Avner Lottem Edit in right-to-left windows
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Flemming Madsen X11 client-server, various features and patches
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MicroSoft Gave me a copy of DevStudio to compile Vim with
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Paul Moore Python interface extensions, many patches
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Katsuhito Nagano Work on multi-byte versions
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Sung-Hyun Nam Work on multi-byte versions
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Vince Negri Win32 GUI and generic console enhancements
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Steve Oualline Author of the first Vim book |frombook|
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George V. Reilly Win32 port, Win32 GUI start-off
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Stephen Riehm bug collector
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Stefan Roemer various patches and help to users
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Ralf Schandl IBM OS/390 port
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Olaf Seibert DICE and BeBox version, regexp improvements
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Mortaza Shiran Farsi patches
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Peter da Silva termlib
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Paul Slootman OS/2 port
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Henry Spencer regular expressions
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Dany St-Amant Macintosh port
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Tim Thompson Stevie
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G. R. (Fred) Walter Stevie
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Sven Verdoolaege Perl interface
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Robert Webb Command-line completion, GUI versions, and
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lots of patches
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Ingo Wilken Tcl interface
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Mike Williams PostScript printing
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Juergen Weigert Lattice version, AUX improvements, UNIX and
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MS-DOS ports, autoconf
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Stefan 'Sec' Zehl Maintainer of vim.org
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I wish to thank all the people that sent me bug reports and suggestions. The
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list is too long to mention them all here. Vim would not be the same without
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the ideas from all these people: They keep Vim alive!
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*vi-doc-file-list* *V_ct*
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BASIC:
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|copying| About copyrights
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|iccf| Helping poor children in Uganda
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|sponsor| Sponsor Vim development, become a registered Vim user
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|www| Vim on the World Wide Web
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|bugs| Where to send bug reports
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Now that you've jumped here with CTRL-] or a double mouse click, you can use
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CTRL-T, CTRL-O, g<RightMouse>, or <C-RightMouse> to go back to where you were.
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vim:tw=78:fo=tcq2:isk=!-~,^*,^\|,^\":ts=8:ft=help:norl:
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