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help.txt      For Vim version 9.1.  Last change: 2022 Dec 03

                        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 (e.g. 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, e.g. bars.
        Jump back:  Type 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.
                    Prepend something to specify the context:  help-context

                          WHAT                  PREPEND    EXAMPLE
                      Normal mode command                  :help x
                      Visual mode command         v_       :help v_u
                      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'
                      Regular expression          /        :help /[
                    See help-summary for more contexts and an explanation.
                    See notation for an explanation of the help syntax.

  Search for help:  Type ":help word", then hit CTRL-D to see matching
                    help entries for "word".
                    Or use ":helpgrep word". :helpgrep

  Getting started:  Do the Vim tutor, a 30-minute interactive course for the
                    basic commands, see vimtutor.
                    Read the user manual from start to end: usr_01.txt

Vim stands for Vi IMproved.  Most of Vim was made by Bram Moolenaar, but only
through the help of many others.  See credits.
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                                                doc-file-list Q_ct
BASIC:
quickref      Overview of the most common commands you will use
tutor         30-minute interactive course for beginners
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

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

usr_toc.txt   Table Of Contents

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

Editing Effectively
usr_20.txt  Typing command-line commands quickly
usr_21.txt  Go away and come back
usr_22.txt  Finding the file to edit
usr_23.txt  Editing other files
usr_24.txt  Inserting quickly
usr_25.txt  Editing formatted text
usr_26.txt  Repeating
usr_27.txt  Search commands and patterns
usr_28.txt  Folding
usr_29.txt  Moving through programs
usr_30.txt  Editing programs
usr_31.txt  Exploiting the GUI
usr_32.txt  The undo tree

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

Writing Vim scripts
usr_50.txt  Advanced Vim script writing
usr_51.txt  Create a plugin
usr_52.txt  Write plugins using Vim9 script

Making Vim Run
usr_90.txt  Installing Vim

REFERENCE MANUAL: These files explain every detail of Vim.      reference_toc

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

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

Advanced editing
cmdline.txt   Command-line editing
options.txt   description of all options
pattern.txt   regexp patterns and search commands
map.txt       key mapping and abbreviations
tagsrch.txt   tags and special searches
windows.txt   commands for using multiple windows and buffers
tabpage.txt   commands for using multiple tab pages
spell.txt     spell checking
diff.txt      working with two to eight versions of the same file
autocmd.txt   automatically executing commands on an event
eval.txt      expression evaluation, conditional commands
builtin.txt   builtin functions
userfunc.txt  defining user functions
channel.txt   Jobs, Channels, inter-process communication
fold.txt      hide (fold) ranges of lines

Special issues
testing.txt   testing Vim and Vim scripts
print.txt     printing
remote.txt    using Vim as a server or client
term.txt      using different terminals and mice
terminal.txt  Terminal window support
popup.txt     popup window support
vim9.txt      using Vim9 script
vim9class.txt using Vim9 script classes

Programming language support
indent.txt    automatic indenting for C and other languages
syntax.txt    syntax highlighting
textprop.txt  Attaching properties to text for highlighting or other
filetype.txt  settings done specifically for a type of file
quickfix.txt  commands for a quick edit-compile-fix cycle
ft_ada.txt    Ada (the programming language) support
ft_context.txt        Filetype plugin for ConTeXt
ft_mp.txt     Filetype plugin for METAFONT and MetaPost
ft_ps1.txt    Filetype plugin for Windows PowerShell
ft_raku.txt   Filetype plugin for Raku
ft_rust.txt   Filetype plugin for Rust
ft_sql.txt    about the SQL filetype plugin

Language support
digraph.txt   list of available digraphs
mbyte.txt     multibyte text support
mlang.txt     non-English language support
rileft.txt    right-to-left editing mode
arabic.txt    Arabic language support and editing
farsi.txt     Farsi (Persian) editing
hebrew.txt    Hebrew language support and editing
russian.txt   Russian language support and editing
hangulin.txt  Hangul (Korean) input mode

GUI
gui.txt       Graphical User Interface (GUI)
gui_w32.txt   Win32 GUI
gui_x11.txt   X11 GUI

Interfaces
if_cscop.txt  using Cscope with Vim
if_lua.txt    Lua interface
if_mzsch.txt  MzScheme interface
if_perl.txt   Perl interface
if_pyth.txt   Python interface
if_tcl.txt    Tcl interface
if_ole.txt    OLE automation interface for Win32
if_ruby.txt   Ruby interface
debugger.txt  Interface with a debugger
netbeans.txt  NetBeans External Editor interface
sign.txt      debugging signs

Versions
vi_diff.txt   Main differences between Vim and Vi
version4.txt  Differences between Vim version 3.0 and 4.x
version5.txt  Differences between Vim version 4.6 and 5.x
version6.txt  Differences between Vim version 5.7 and 6.x
version7.txt  Differences between Vim version 6.4 and 7.x
version8.txt  Differences between Vim version 7.4 and 8.x
version9.txt  Differences between Vim version 8.2 and 9.0
                                                sys-file-list
Remarks about specific systems
os_390.txt    OS/390 Unix
os_amiga.txt  Amiga
os_beos.txt   BeOS and BeBox
os_dos.txt    MS-DOS and MS-Windows common items
os_haiku.txt  Haiku
os_mac.txt    Macintosh
os_mint.txt   Atari MiNT
os_msdos.txt  MS-DOS (plain DOS and DOS box under Windows)
os_os2.txt    OS/2
os_qnx.txt    QNX
os_risc.txt   RISC-OS
os_unix.txt   Unix
os_vms.txt    VMS
os_win32.txt  MS-Windows
                                                standard-plugin-list
Standard plugins
pi_getscript.txt Downloading latest version of Vim scripts
pi_gzip.txt      Reading and writing compressed files
pi_logipat.txt   Logical operators on patterns
pi_netrw.txt     Reading and writing files over a network
pi_paren.txt     Highlight matching parens
pi_spec.txt      Filetype plugin to work with rpm spec files
pi_tar.txt       Tar file explorer
pi_vimball.txt   Create a self-installing Vim script
pi_zip.txt       Zip archive explorer

Others
vim_faq.txt   FAQ

LOCAL ADDITIONS:                                local-additions

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bars          Bars example

Now that you've jumped here with CTRL-] or a double mouse click, you can use
CTRL-TCTRL-O, g<RightMouse>, or <C-RightMouse> to go back to where you were.

Note that tags are within | characters, but when highlighting is enabled these
characters are hidden.  That makes it easier to read a command.

Anyway, you can use CTRL-] on any word, also when it is not within |, and Vim
will try to find help for it.  Especially for options in single quotes, e.g.
'compatible'.

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