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NVIM - help
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Move around: Use the cursor keys, or "h" to go left, h l
"j" to go down, "k" to go up, "l" to go right. j
Close this window: Use ":q<Enter>".
Get out of Vim: Use ":qa!<Enter>" (careful, all changes are lost!).
Jump to a subject: Position the cursor on a tag (e.g.
bars) and hit
CTRL-]
.
With the mouse: Double-click the left mouse button on a tag, e.g.
bars.
Jump back: Type
CTRL-O
. Repeat to go further back.
Get specific help: It is possible to go directly to whatever you want help
on, by giving an argument to the
:help command.
Prepend something to specify the context:
WHAT PREPEND EXAMPLE
Normal mode command :help x
Visual mode command v_ :help v_u
Insert mode command i_ :help i_<Esc>
Command-line command : :help :quit
Command-line editing c_ :help c_<Del>
Vim command argument - :help -r
Option ' :help
'textwidth'
Regular expression / :help /[
See
help-summary for more contexts and an explanation.
See
notation for an explanation of the help syntax.
Search for help: Type ":help word", then hit
CTRL-D
to see matching
help entries for "word".
Or use ":helpgrep word".
:helpgrep
Getting started: Do the Vim tutor, a 30-minute interactive course for the
basic commands, see
vimtutor.
Read the user manual from start to end:
usr_01.txt
Vim stands for Vi IMproved. Most of Vim was made by Bram Moolenaar, but only
through the help of many others. See
credits.
ABOUT NVIM reference_toc doc-file-list Q_ct
news News since the previous release
nvim Transitioning from Vim
vim-differences Nvim compared to Vim
user-manual User manual: How to accomplish editing tasks.
quickref Overview of common commands
tutor 30-minute interactive course for beginners
copying About copyrights
iccf Helping poor children in Uganda
sponsor Sponsor Vim development, become a registered Vim user
www Vim on the World Wide Web
bugs Where to send bug reports
support Supported platforms
intro Introduction to Vim; notation used in help files
helphelp Using the :help files
index Index of all commands
tips Various tips on using Vim
message.txt (Error) messages and explanations
uganda.txt Vim distribution and what to do with your money
API (EXTENSIBILITY/SCRIPTING/PLUGINS)
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE SUPPORT
tui Builtin UI
gui External (graphical) UIs
signs Signs displayed as window decorations (the "gutter")
Now that you've jumped here with CTRL-]
or a double mouse click, you can use
CTRL-T, CTRL-O
, g<RightMouse>, or <C-RightMouse>
to go back to where you were.
Note that tags are within | characters, but when highlighting is enabled these
characters are hidden. That makes it easier to read a command.
You can use
CTRL-]
on any word (even if it is not within "|") and Nvim will
try to find help for it. Especially for options in single quotes, e.g.
'hlsearch'.