| VIMTUTOR(1) General Commands Manual VIMTUTOR(1) |
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| NAME |
| vimtutor - the Vim tutor |
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| SYNOPSIS |
| vimtutor [-l | --language ISO639] [-c | --chapter NUMBER] [-g | --gui] |
| [ISO639] |
| vimtutor [-h | --help] |
| vimtutor [--list] |
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| DESCRIPTION |
| Vimtutor starts the Vim tutor. |
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| The Vimtutor is useful for people that want to learn their first Vim |
| commands. The optional [ISO639] argument is the two or three letter |
| name of a language, like "it" or "es". |
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| Vimtutor only opens temporary copies of the original tutor files, there |
| is no danger of overwriting the lessons. |
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| Vim is always started in Vi nocompatible mode. |
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| OPTIONS |
| -l, --language ISO639 |
| Set the two or three letter language code. E.g. 'it', 'es', |
| 'bar'. Defaults to language of locale if available, else to |
| English. |
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| -c, --chapter NUMBER |
| Set the chapter number. Defaults to chapter one. |
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| -g, --gui |
| Start vimtutor in the GUI version of vim if available, otherwise |
| fallback to console vim. |
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| -h, --help |
| Display usage information. |
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| --list Display chapters and languages. |
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| EXAMPLES |
| To start vimtutor in German on chapter one: |
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| vimtutor de |
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| In English on chapter two: |
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| vimtutor -c2 |
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| Longform command for Bavarian in the GUI on chapter one: |
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| vimtutor --language bar --chapter 1 --gui |
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| FILES |
| /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/tutor/tutor1[.language] |
| The Vimtutor chapter one text file(s). |
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| /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/tutor/tutor2[.language] |
| The Vimtutor chapter two text file(s). |
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| /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/tutor/tutor.vim |
| The Vim script used to copy the Vimtutor text file. |
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| AUTHOR |
| The Vi Tutorial was originally written for Vi by Michael C. Pierce and |
| Robert K. Ware, Colorado School of Mines using ideas supplied by |
| Charles Smith, Colorado State University. E-mail: bware@mines.col‐ |
| orado.edu (now invalid). |
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| Modified for Vim by Bram Moolenaar. |
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| Translation contributors are listed in the tutor files. |
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| SEE ALSO |
| vim(1) |
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| 2024 December 03 VIMTUTOR(1) |