*vi-help.txt* For Vim version 7.1. Last change: 2008 Mar 03 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.) k 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-]. 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: *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". VIM stands for Vi IMproved. Most of VIM was made by Bram Moolenaar, but only through the help of many others. See |vi-credits|. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Credits *vi-credits* *vi-author* *vi-Bram* *vi-Moolenaar* Most of Vim was written by Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>. Parts of the documentation come from several Vi manuals, written by: W.N. Joy Alan P.W. Hewett Mark Horton 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. Vim would never have become what it is now, without the help of these people! 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 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! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ vim:tw=78:fo=tcq2:isk=!-~,^*,^\|,^\":ts=8:ft=help:norl: