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Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00001VIMTUTOR(1) VIMTUTOR(1)
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Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005NAME
6 vimtutor - the Vim tutor
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8SYNOPSIS
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009 vimtutor [-g] [language]
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11DESCRIPTION
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +000012 Vimtutor starts the Vim tutor. It copies the tutor file first, so that
13 it can be modified without changing the original file.
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Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +000015 The Vimtutor is useful for people that want to learn their first Vim
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Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000018 The optional argument -g starts vimtutor with gvim rather than vim, if
19 the GUI version of vim is available, or falls back to Vim if gvim is
20 not found.
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Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +000022 The optional [language] argument is the two-letter name of a language,
23 like "it" or "es". If the [language] argument is missing, the language
24 of the current locale will be used. If a tutor in this language is
25 available, it will be used. Otherwise the English version will be
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28 Vim is always started in Vi compatible mode.
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30FILES
31 /usr/local/lib/vim/tutor/tutor[.language]
32 The Vimtutor text file(s).
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34 /usr/local/lib/vim/tutor/tutor.vim
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +000035 The Vim script used to copy the Vimtutor text file.
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37AUTHOR
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +000038 The Vimtutor was originally written for Vi by Michael C. Pierce and
39 Robert K. Ware, Colorado School of Mines using ideas supplied by
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010040 Charles Smith, Colorado State University. E-mail: bware@mines.col
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +000041 orado.edu.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010042 It was modified for Vim by Bram Moolenaar. For the names of the trans
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +000043 lators see the tutor files.
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45SEE ALSO
46 vim(1)
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Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +000050 2001 April 2 VIMTUTOR(1)