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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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      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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