| *vi-help.txt* For Vim version 7.1. Last change: 2008 Mar 03 |
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| VIM - minimal help file |
| (NOTE: This is a minimal help file and many tags won't work. Use 'vim' or |
| 'gvim' to read the complete help docs.) |
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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!). |
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| Jump to a subject: Position the cursor on a tag between |bars| and hit CTRL-]. |
| 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 |
| on, by giving an argument to the ":help" command |:help|. |
| It is possible to further specify the context: |
| *vi-help-context* |
| WHAT PREPEND EXAMPLE ~ |
| Normal mode command (nothing) :help x |
| Insert mode command i_ :help i_<Esc> |
| Command-line command : :help :quit |
| Command-line editing c_ :help c_<Del> |
| Vim command argument - :help -r |
| Option ' :help 'textwidth' |
| Search for help: Type ":help word", then hit CTRL-D to see matching |
| help entries for "word". |
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| VIM stands for Vi IMproved. Most of VIM was made by Bram Moolenaar, but only |
| 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: |
| W.N. Joy |
| Alan P.W. Hewett |
| Mark Horton |
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| The Vim editor is based on Stevie and includes (ideas from) other software, |
| worked on by the people mentioned here. Other people helped by sending me |
| 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 |
| Zoltan Arpadffy work on VMS port |
| Tony Andrews Stevie |
| Gert van Antwerpen changes for DJGPP on MS-DOS |
| Berkeley DB(3) ideas for swap file implementation |
| Keith Bostic Nvi |
| Walter Briscoe Makefile updates, various patches |
| Ralf Brown SPAWNO library for MS-DOS |
| Robert Colon many useful remarks |
| Marcin Dalecki GTK+ GUI port, toolbar icons, gettext() |
| Kayhan Demirel sent me news in Uganda |
| Chris & John Downey xvi (ideas for multi-windows version) |
| Henk Elbers first VMS port |
| Daniel Elstner GTK+ 2 port |
| Eric Fischer Mac port, 'cindent', and other improvements |
| Benji Fisher Answering lots of user questions |
| Bill Foster Athena GUI port |
| Loic Grenie xvim (ideas for multi windows version) |
| Sven Guckes Vim promotor and previous WWW page maintainer |
| Darren Hiebert Exuberant ctags |
| Jason Hildebrand GTK+ 2 port |
| Bruce Hunsaker improvements for VMS port |
| Andy Kahn Cscope support, GTK+ GUI port |
| Oezguer Kesim Maintainer of Vim Mailing Lists |
| Axel Kielhorn work on the Macintosh port |
| Steve Kirkendall Elvis |
| Roger Knobbe original port to Windows NT |
| Sergey Laskavy Vim's help from Moscow |
| Felix von Leitner Maintainer of Vim Mailing Lists |
| David Leonard Port of Python extensions to Unix |
| Avner Lottem Edit in right-to-left windows |
| Flemming Madsen X11 client-server, various features and patches |
| MicroSoft Gave me a copy of DevStudio to compile Vim with |
| Paul Moore Python interface extensions, many patches |
| Katsuhito Nagano Work on multi-byte versions |
| Sung-Hyun Nam Work on multi-byte versions |
| Vince Negri Win32 GUI and generic console enhancements |
| Steve Oualline Author of the first Vim book |frombook| |
| George V. Reilly Win32 port, Win32 GUI start-off |
| Stephen Riehm bug collector |
| Stefan Roemer various patches and help to users |
| Ralf Schandl IBM OS/390 port |
| Olaf Seibert DICE and BeBox version, regexp improvements |
| Mortaza Shiran Farsi patches |
| Peter da Silva termlib |
| Paul Slootman OS/2 port |
| Henry Spencer regular expressions |
| Dany St-Amant Macintosh port |
| Tim Thompson Stevie |
| G. R. (Fred) Walter Stevie |
| Sven Verdoolaege Perl interface |
| Robert Webb Command-line completion, GUI versions, and |
| lots of patches |
| Ingo Wilken Tcl interface |
| Mike Williams PostScript printing |
| Juergen Weigert Lattice version, AUX improvements, UNIX and |
| MS-DOS ports, autoconf |
| 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 |
| list is too long to mention them all here. Vim would not be the same without |
| the ideas from all these people: They keep Vim alive! |
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| *vi-doc-file-list* *V_ct* |
| BASIC: |
| |copying| About copyrights |
| |iccf| Helping poor children in Uganda |
| |sponsor| Sponsor Vim development, become a registered Vim user |
| |www| Vim on the World Wide Web |
| |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 |
| CTRL-T, CTRL-O, g<RightMouse>, or <C-RightMouse> to go back to where you were. |
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