| Christian Brabandt | b4ddc6c | 2024-01-02 16:51:11 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | *howto.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2006 Apr 02 |
| Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | How to ... *howdoi* *how-do-i* *howto* *how-to* |
| 8 | |
| 9 | |tutor| get started |
| 10 | |:quit| exit? I'm trapped, help me! |
| 11 | |initialization| initialize Vim |
| 12 | |vimrc-intro| write a Vim script file (vimrc) |
| 13 | |suspend| suspend Vim |
| 14 | |usr_11.txt| recover after a crash |
| 15 | |07.4| keep a backup of my file when writing over it |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |usr_07.txt| edit files |
| 18 | |23.4| edit binary files |
| 19 | |usr_24.txt| insert text |
| 20 | |deleting| delete text |
| 21 | |usr_04.txt| change text |
| 22 | |04.5| copy and move text |
| 23 | |usr_25.txt| format text |
| 24 | |30.6| format comments |
| 25 | |30.2| indent C programs |
| 26 | |25.3| automatically set indent |
| 27 | |
| 28 | |usr_26.txt| repeat commands |
| 29 | |02.5| undo and redo |
| 30 | |
| 31 | |usr_03.txt| move around |
| 32 | |word-motions| word motions |
| 33 | |left-right-motions| left-right motions |
| 34 | |up-down-motions| up-down motions |
| 35 | |object-motions| text-object motions |
| 36 | |various-motions| various motions |
| 37 | |object-select| text-object selection |
| 38 | |'whichwrap'| move over line breaks |
| 39 | |'virtualedit'| move to where there is no text |
| 40 | |usr_27.txt| specify pattern for searches |
| 41 | |tags-and-searches| do tags and special searches |
| 42 | |29.4| search in include'd files used to find |
| 43 | variables, functions, or macros |
| 44 | |K| look up manual for the keyword under cursor |
| 45 | |
| 46 | |03.7| scroll |
| 47 | |'sidescroll'| scroll horizontally/sideways |
| 48 | |'scrolloff'| set visible context lines |
| 49 | |
| 50 | |mode-switching| change modes |
| 51 | |04.4| use Visual mode |
| 52 | |'insertmode'| start Vim in Insert mode |
| 53 | |
| 54 | |40.1| map keys |
| 55 | |24.7| create abbreviations |
| 56 | |
| 57 | |ins-expandtab| expand a tab to spaces in Insert mode |
| 58 | |i_CTRL-R| insert contents of a register in Insert mode |
| 59 | |24.3| complete words in Insert mode |
| 60 | |25.1| break a line before it gets too long |
| 61 | |
| 62 | |20.1| do command-line editing |
| 63 | |20.3| do command-line completion |
| 64 | |'cmdheight'| increase the height of command-line |
| 65 | |10.3| specify command-line ranges |
| 66 | |40.3| specify commands to be executed automatically |
| 67 | before/after reading/writing entering/leaving a |
| 68 | buffer/window |
| 69 | |
| 70 | |'autowrite'| write automatically |
| 71 | |30.1| speedup edit-compile-edit cycle or compile and fix |
| 72 | errors within Vim |
| 73 | |
| 74 | |options| set options |
| 75 | |auto-setting| set options automatically |
| 76 | |term-dependent-settings| set options depending on terminal name |
| 77 | |save-settings| save settings |
| Bram Moolenaar | 910f66f | 2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 78 | |:quote| comment my .vim files |
| Bram Moolenaar | 071d427 | 2004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 79 | |'helpheight'| change the default help height |
| 80 | |'highlight'| set various highlighting modes |
| 81 | |'title'| set the window title |
| 82 | |'icon'| set window icon title |
| 83 | |'report'| avoid seeing the change messages on every line |
| 84 | |'shortmess'| avoid |hit-enter| prompts |
| 85 | |
| 86 | |mouse-using| use mouse with Vim |
| 87 | |usr_08.txt| manage multiple windows and buffers |
| 88 | |gui.txt| use the gui |
| 89 | |
| 90 | |You can't! (yet)| do dishes using Vim |
| 91 | |
| 92 | |usr_06.txt| switch on syntax highlighting |
| 93 | |2html.vim| convert a colored file to HTML |
| 94 | |less| use Vim like less or more with syntax highlighting |
| 95 | |
| Bram Moolenaar | 91f84f6 | 2018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 96 | vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: |