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*help.txt*	For Vim version 6.1.  Last change: 2001 Sep 14

			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 between |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 between |bars|.
	jump back:  Type CTRL-T or 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 |:help|.
		    It is possible to further specify the context:
							*help-context*
			  WHAT			PREPEND    EXAMPLE	
		      Normal mode commands     (nothing)   :help x
		      Visual mode commands	  v_	   :help v_u
		      Insert mode commands	  i_	   :help i_<Esc>
		      Command-line commands	  :	   :help :quit
		      Command-line editing	  c_	   :help c_<Del>
		      Vim command arguments	  -	   :help -r
		      options			  '	   :help 'textwidth'
  Search for help:  Type ":help word", then hit CTRL-D to see matching
		    help entries for "word".

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|		30 minutes training course for beginners
|copying|	About copyrights
|iccf|		Helping poor children in Uganda
|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

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.

General subjects 
|intro|	general introduction to Vim; notation used in help files
|help|	overview and quick reference (this file)
|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
|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
|indent|	automatic indenting for C and other languages
|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
|quickfix|	commands for a quick edit-compile-fix cycle
|windows|	commands for using multiple windows and buffers
|syntax|	syntax highlighting
|diff|	working with two or three versions of the same file
|autocmd|	automatically executing commands on an event
|filetype|	settings done specifically for a type of file
|eval|	expression evaluation, conditional commands
|fold|	hide (fold) ranges of lines

Special issues 
|remote|	using Vim as a server or client
|term|	using different terminals and mice
|digraph|	list of available digraphs
|mbyte|	multi-byte text support
|mlang|	non-English language support
|farsi|	Farsi (Persian) editing
|hangulin|	Hangul (Korean) input mode
|rileft|	right-to-left editing

GUI 
|gui|	Graphical User Interface (GUI)
|gui_w16|	Windows 3.1 GUI
|gui_w32|	Win32 GUI
|gui_x11|	X11 GUI

Interfaces 
|if_cscop|	using cscope with Vim
|if_perl|	Perl interface
|if_pyth|	Python interface
|if_sniff|	SNiFF+ interface
|if_tcl|	Tcl interface
|if_ole|	OLE automation interface for Win32
|if_ruby|	Ruby interface
|debugger|	Interface with a debugger
|workshop|	Sun Visual Workshop 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
						*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 NT/95 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 95/98/NT

Standard plugins	*standard-plugin-list* 
|pi_netrw|	Reading and writing files over a network
|pi_gzip|	Reading and writing compressed files
|pi_expl|	File explorer

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.

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