HELP

*help.txt*	For Vim version 8.2.  Last change: 2019 Jul 21

			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.

  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 20 minute interactive training for the
		    basic commands, see |vimtutor|.
		    Read the user manual from start to end: |usr_01|

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|		20 minutes training 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|	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
|usr_32|  The undo tree

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.	*reference_toc*

General subjects 
|intro|	general introduction to Vim; notation used in help files
|help|	overview and quick reference (this file)
|helphelp|	about using the help files
|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
|debug|	debugging Vim itself
|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
|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
|windows|	commands for using multiple windows and buffers
|tabpage|	commands for using multiple tab pages
|spell|	spell checking
|diff|	working with two to four versions of the same file
|autocmd|	automatically executing commands on an event
|eval|	expression evaluation, conditional commands
|channel|	Jobs, Channels, inter-process communication
|fold|	hide (fold) ranges of lines

Special issues 
|testing|	testing Vim and Vim scripts
|print|	printing
|remote|	using Vim as a server or client
|term|	using different terminals and mice
|terminal|	Terminal window support
|popup|	popop window support

Programming language support 
|indent|	automatic indenting for C and other languages
|syntax|	syntax highlighting
|textprop|	Attaching properties to text for highlighting or other
|filetype|	settings done specifically for a type of file
|quickfix|	commands for a quick edit-compile-fix cycle
|ft_ada|	Ada (the programming language) support
|ft_rust|	Filetype plugin for Rust
|ft_sql|	about the SQL filetype plugin

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

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

Interfaces 
|if_cscop|	using Cscope with Vim
|if_lua|	Lua interface
|if_mzsch|	MzScheme interface
|if_perl|	Perl interface
|if_pyth|	Python interface
|if_tcl|	Tcl interface
|if_ole|	OLE automation interface for Win32
|if_ruby|	Ruby interface
|debugger|	Interface with a debugger
|netbeans|	NetBeans External Editor 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
|version7|	Differences between Vim version 6.4 and 7.x
|version8|	Differences between Vim version 7.4 and 8.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 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
						*standard-plugin-list*
Standard plugins 
|pi_getscript| Downloading latest version of Vim scripts
|pi_gzip|      Reading and writing compressed files
|pi_logipat|   Logical operators on patterns
|pi_netrw|     Reading and writing files over a network
|pi_paren|     Highlight matching parens
|pi_spec|      Filetype plugin to work with rpm spec files
|pi_tar|       Tar file explorer
|pi_vimball|   Create a self-installing Vim script
|pi_zip|       Zip archive explorer

LOCAL ADDITIONS:				*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.

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'.

 vim:tw=78:isk=!-~,^*,^\|,^\":ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl:

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