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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 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |:quit|			exit?  I'm trapped, help me! | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |initialization|	initialize Vim | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |vimrc-intro|		write a Vim script file (vimrc) | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |suspend|		suspend Vim | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |usr_11.txt|		recover after a crash | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |07.4|			keep a backup of my file when writing over it | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | |usr_07.txt|		edit files | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |23.4|			edit binary files | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |usr_24.txt|		insert text | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |deleting|		delete text | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |usr_04.txt|		change text | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |04.5|			copy and move text | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |usr_25.txt|		format text | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |30.6|			format comments | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |30.2|			indent C programs | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |25.3|			automatically set indent | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | |usr_26.txt|		repeat commands | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |02.5|			undo and redo | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | |usr_03.txt|		move around | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |word-motions|		word motions | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |left-right-motions|	left-right motions | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |up-down-motions|	up-down motions | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |object-motions|	text-object motions | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |various-motions|	various motions | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |object-select|		text-object selection | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |'whichwrap'|		move over line breaks | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |'virtualedit'|		move to where there is no text | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |usr_27.txt|		specify pattern for searches | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |tags-and-searches|	do tags and special searches | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |29.4|			search in include'd files used to find | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 			variables, functions, or macros | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |K|			look up manual for the keyword under cursor | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | |03.7|			scroll | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |'sidescroll'|		scroll horizontally/sideways | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |'scrolloff'|		set visible context lines | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | |mode-switching|	change modes | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |04.4|			use Visual mode | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |'insertmode'|		start Vim in Insert mode | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | |40.1|			map keys | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |24.7|			create abbreviations | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | |ins-expandtab|		expand a tab to spaces in Insert mode | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |i_CTRL-R|		insert contents of a register in Insert mode | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |24.3|			complete words in Insert mode | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |25.1|			break a line before it gets too long | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | |20.1|			do command-line editing | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |20.3|			do command-line completion | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |'cmdheight'|		increase the height of command-line | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |10.3|			specify command-line ranges | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |40.3|			specify commands to be executed automatically | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 			before/after reading/writing entering/leaving a | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 			buffer/window | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | |'autowrite'|		write automatically | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |30.1|			speedup edit-compile-edit cycle or compile and fix | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 			errors within Vim | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | |options|		set options | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |auto-setting|		set options automatically | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |term-dependent-settings| set options depending on terminal name | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |save-settings|		save settings | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | |'helpheight'|		change the default help height | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |'highlight'|		set various highlighting modes | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |'title'|		set the window title | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |'icon'|		set window icon title | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |'report'|		avoid seeing the change messages on every line | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |'shortmess'|		avoid |hit-enter| prompts | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | |mouse-using|		use mouse with Vim | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |usr_08.txt|		manage multiple windows and buffers | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |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 | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |2html.vim|		convert a colored file to HTML | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | |less|			use Vim like less or more with syntax highlighting | 
					
						
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