| RestorerZ | 81b62dd | 2024-08-15 21:39:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | .TH VIMTUTOR 1 "2024 August 12" |
| Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | .SH NAME |
| 3 | vimtutor \- the Vim tutor |
| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 5 | .br |
| Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | .B vimtutor [\-g] [language] |
| Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 8 | .B Vimtutor |
| 9 | starts the |
| 10 | .B Vim |
| 11 | tutor. |
| 12 | It copies the tutor file first, so that it can be modified without changing |
| 13 | the original file. |
| 14 | .PP |
| 15 | The |
| 16 | .B Vimtutor |
| 17 | is useful for people that want to learn their first |
| 18 | .B Vim |
| 19 | commands. |
| 20 | .PP |
| Bram Moolenaar | 8f3f58f | 2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | The optional argument \-g starts vimtutor with gvim rather than vim, if the |
| RestorerZ | 81b62dd | 2024-08-15 21:39:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | GUI version of Vim is available, or falls back to vim if gvim is not found. |
| Bram Moolenaar | 2b57078 | 2008-05-07 15:40:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | .PP |
| Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | The optional [language] argument is the two-letter name of a language, like |
| 25 | "it" or "es". |
| 26 | If the [language] argument is missing, the language of the current locale will |
| 27 | be used. |
| 28 | If a tutor in this language is available, it will be used. |
| 29 | Otherwise the English version will be used. |
| 30 | .PP |
| 31 | .B Vim |
| 32 | is always started in Vi compatible mode. |
| 33 | .SH FILES |
| 34 | .TP 15 |
| RestorerZ | 81b62dd | 2024-08-15 21:39:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/tutor/tutor[.language] |
| Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | The |
| 37 | .B Vimtutor |
| 38 | text file(s). |
| RestorerZ | 81b62dd | 2024-08-15 21:39:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | .br |
| 40 | .I vim?? |
| 41 | is short version number, like vim91 for |
| 42 | .B Vim 9.1 |
| Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 43 | .TP 15 |
| RestorerZ | 81b62dd | 2024-08-15 21:39:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/tutor/tutor.vim |
| Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | The Vim script used to copy the |
| 46 | .B Vimtutor |
| 47 | text file. |
| 48 | .SH AUTHOR |
| 49 | The |
| 50 | .B Vimtutor |
| 51 | was originally written for Vi by Michael C. Pierce and Robert K. Ware, |
| 52 | Colorado School of Mines using ideas supplied by Charles Smith, |
| 53 | Colorado State University. |
| Bram Moolenaar | 71badf9 | 2023-04-22 22:40:14 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 54 | E-mail: bware@mines.colorado.edu (now invalid). |
| Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 55 | .br |
| 56 | It was modified for |
| 57 | .B Vim |
| 58 | by Bram Moolenaar. |
| 59 | For the names of the translators see the tutor files. |
| 60 | .SH SEE ALSO |
| 61 | vim(1) |