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										 |  |  | .TH VIMTUTOR 1 "2001 April 2" | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .SH NAME | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | vimtutor \- the Vim tutor | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .SH SYNOPSIS | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .br | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | .B vimtutor [\-g] [language] | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | .SH DESCRIPTION | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .B Vimtutor | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | starts the | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .B Vim | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | tutor. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | It copies the tutor file first, so that it can be modified without changing | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | the original file. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .PP | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | The | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .B Vimtutor | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | is useful for people that want to learn their first | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .B Vim | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | commands. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .PP | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | The optional argument \-g starts vimtutor with gvim rather than vim, if the | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | GUI version of vim is available, or falls back to Vim if gvim is not found. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .PP | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | 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. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .PP | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .B Vim | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | is always started in Vi compatible mode. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .SH FILES | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .TP 15 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | /usr/local/lib/vim/tutor/tutor[.language] | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | The | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .B Vimtutor | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | text file(s). | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .TP 15 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | /usr/local/lib/vim/tutor/tutor.vim | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | The Vim script used to copy the | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .B Vimtutor | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | text file. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .SH AUTHOR | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | The | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .B 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. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | E-mail: bware@mines.colorado.edu (now invalid). | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | .br | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | It was modified for | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .B Vim | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | by Bram Moolenaar. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | For the names of the translators see the tutor files. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | .SH SEE ALSO | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | vim(1) |