VIMTUTOR
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 2001 April 2
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NAME
vimtutor - the Vim tutor
SYNOPSIS
vimtutor [-g] [language]
DESCRIPTION
Vimtutor
starts the
Vim
tutor.
It copies the tutor file first, so that it can be modified without changing
the original file.
The
Vimtutor
is useful for people that want to learn their first
Vim
commands.
The optional argument -g starts vimtutor with gvim rather than vim, if the
GUI version of vim is available, or falls back to Vim if gvim is not found.
The optional [language] argument is the two-letter name of a language, like
"it" or "es".
If the [language] argument is missing, the language of the current locale will
be used.
If a tutor in this language is available, it will be used.
Otherwise the English version will be used.
Vim
is always started in Vi compatible mode.
FILES
- /usr/share/vim/vim72/tutor/tutor[.language]
-
The
Vimtutor
text file(s).
- /usr/share/vim/vim72/tutor/tutor.vim
-
The Vim script used to copy the
Vimtutor
text file.
AUTHOR
The
Vimtutor
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.colorado.edu.
It was modified for
Vim
by Bram Moolenaar.
For the names of the translators see the tutor files.
SEE ALSO
vim(1)