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*howto.txt*	For Vim version 7.0aa.  Last change: 2001 Sep 03
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		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL	  by Bram Moolenaar
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How to ...				*howdoi* *how-do-i* *howto* *how-to*
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|tutor|			get started
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|:quit|			exit?  I'm trapped, help me!
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|initialization|	initialize Vim
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|vimrc-intro|		write a Vim script file (vimrc)
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|suspend|		suspend Vim
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|usr_11.txt|		recover after a crash
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|07.4|			keep a backup of my file when writing over it
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|usr_07.txt|		edit files
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|23.4|			edit binary files
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|usr_24.txt|		insert text
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|deleting|		delete text
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|usr_04.txt|		change text
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|04.5|			copy and move text
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|usr_25.txt|		format text
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|30.6|			format comments
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|30.2|			indent C programs
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|25.3|			automatically set indent
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|usr_26.txt|		repeat commands
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|02.5|			undo and redo
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|usr_03.txt|		move around
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|word-motions|		word motions
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|left-right-motions|	left-right motions
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|up-down-motions|	up-down motions
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|object-motions|	text-object motions
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|various-motions|	various motions
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|object-select|		text-object selection
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|'whichwrap'|		move over line breaks
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|'virtualedit'|		move to where there is no text
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|usr_27.txt|		specify pattern for searches
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|tags-and-searches|	do tags and special searches
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|29.4|			search in include'd files used to find
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			variables, functions, or macros
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|K|			look up manual for the keyword under cursor
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|03.7|			scroll
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|'sidescroll'|		scroll horizontally/sideways
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|'scrolloff'|		set visible context lines
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|mode-switching|	change modes
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|04.4|			use Visual mode
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|'insertmode'|		start Vim in Insert mode
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|40.1|			map keys
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|24.7|			create abbreviations
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|ins-expandtab|		expand a tab to spaces in Insert mode
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|i_CTRL-R|		insert contents of a register in Insert mode
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|24.3|			complete words in Insert mode
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|25.1|			break a line before it gets too long
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|20.1|			do command-line editing
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|20.3|			do command-line completion
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|'cmdheight'|		increase the height of command-line
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|10.3|			specify command-line ranges
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|40.3|			specify commands to be executed automatically
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			before/after reading/writing entering/leaving a
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			buffer/window
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|'autowrite'|		write automatically
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|30.1|			speedup edit-compile-edit cycle or compile and fix
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			errors within Vim
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|options|		set options
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|auto-setting|		set options automatically
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|term-dependent-settings| set options depending on terminal name
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|save-settings|		save settings
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|:quote|		comment my exrc/vimrc/gvimrc files
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|'helpheight'|		change the default help height
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|'highlight'|		set various highlighting modes
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|'title'|		set the window title
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|'icon'|		set window icon title
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|'report'|		avoid seeing the change messages on every line
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|'shortmess'|		avoid |hit-enter| prompts
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|mouse-using|		use mouse with Vim
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|usr_08.txt|		manage multiple windows and buffers
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|gui.txt|		use the gui
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|You can't! (yet)|	do dishes using Vim
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|usr_06.txt|		switch on syntax highlighting
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|2html.vim|		convert a colored file to HTML
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|less|			use Vim like less or more with syntax highlighting
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