1*usr_toc.txt* For Vim version 8.1. Last change: 2016 Mar 25 2 3 VIM USER MANUAL - by Bram Moolenaar 4 5 Table Of Contents *user-manual* 6 7============================================================================== 8Overview ~ 9 10Getting Started 11|usr_01.txt| About the manuals 12|usr_02.txt| The first steps in Vim 13|usr_03.txt| Moving around 14|usr_04.txt| Making small changes 15|usr_05.txt| Set your settings 16|usr_06.txt| Using syntax highlighting 17|usr_07.txt| Editing more than one file 18|usr_08.txt| Splitting windows 19|usr_09.txt| Using the GUI 20|usr_10.txt| Making big changes 21|usr_11.txt| Recovering from a crash 22|usr_12.txt| Clever tricks 23 24Editing Effectively 25|usr_20.txt| Typing command-line commands quickly 26|usr_21.txt| Go away and come back 27|usr_22.txt| Finding the file to edit 28|usr_23.txt| Editing other files 29|usr_24.txt| Inserting quickly 30|usr_25.txt| Editing formatted text 31|usr_26.txt| Repeating 32|usr_27.txt| Search commands and patterns 33|usr_28.txt| Folding 34|usr_29.txt| Moving through programs 35|usr_30.txt| Editing programs 36|usr_31.txt| Exploiting the GUI 37|usr_32.txt| The undo tree 38 39Tuning Vim 40|usr_40.txt| Make new commands 41|usr_41.txt| Write a Vim script 42|usr_42.txt| Add new menus 43|usr_43.txt| Using filetypes 44|usr_44.txt| Your own syntax highlighted 45|usr_45.txt| Select your language 46 47Making Vim Run 48|usr_90.txt| Installing Vim 49 50 51Reference manual 52|reference_toc| More detailed information for all commands 53 54The user manual is available as a single, ready to print HTML and PDF file 55here: 56 http://vimdoc.sf.net 57 58============================================================================== 59Getting Started ~ 60 61Read this from start to end to learn the essential commands. 62 63|usr_01.txt| About the manuals 64 |01.1| Two manuals 65 |01.2| Vim installed 66 |01.3| Using the Vim tutor 67 |01.4| Copyright 68 69|usr_02.txt| The first steps in Vim 70 |02.1| Running Vim for the First Time 71 |02.2| Inserting text 72 |02.3| Moving around 73 |02.4| Deleting characters 74 |02.5| Undo and Redo 75 |02.6| Other editing commands 76 |02.7| Getting out 77 |02.8| Finding help 78 79|usr_03.txt| Moving around 80 |03.1| Word movement 81 |03.2| Moving to the start or end of a line 82 |03.3| Moving to a character 83 |03.4| Matching a paren 84 |03.5| Moving to a specific line 85 |03.6| Telling where you are 86 |03.7| Scrolling around 87 |03.8| Simple searches 88 |03.9| Simple search patterns 89 |03.10| Using marks 90 91|usr_04.txt| Making small changes 92 |04.1| Operators and motions 93 |04.2| Changing text 94 |04.3| Repeating a change 95 |04.4| Visual mode 96 |04.5| Moving text 97 |04.6| Copying text 98 |04.7| Using the clipboard 99 |04.8| Text objects 100 |04.9| Replace mode 101 |04.10| Conclusion 102 103|usr_05.txt| Set your settings 104 |05.1| The vimrc file 105 |05.2| The example vimrc file explained 106 |05.3| Simple mappings 107 |05.4| Adding a package 108 |05.5| Adding a plugin 109 |05.6| Adding a help file 110 |05.7| The option window 111 |05.8| Often used options 112 113|usr_06.txt| Using syntax highlighting 114 |06.1| Switching it on 115 |06.2| No or wrong colors? 116 |06.3| Different colors 117 |06.4| With colors or without colors 118 |06.5| Printing with colors 119 |06.6| Further reading 120 121|usr_07.txt| Editing more than one file 122 |07.1| Edit another file 123 |07.2| A list of files 124 |07.3| Jumping from file to file 125 |07.4| Backup files 126 |07.5| Copy text between files 127 |07.6| Viewing a file 128 |07.7| Changing the file name 129 130|usr_08.txt| Splitting windows 131 |08.1| Split a window 132 |08.2| Split a window on another file 133 |08.3| Window size 134 |08.4| Vertical splits 135 |08.5| Moving windows 136 |08.6| Commands for all windows 137 |08.7| Viewing differences with vimdiff 138 |08.8| Various 139 140|usr_09.txt| Using the GUI 141 |09.1| Parts of the GUI 142 |09.2| Using the mouse 143 |09.3| The clipboard 144 |09.4| Select mode 145 146|usr_10.txt| Making big changes 147 |10.1| Record and playback commands 148 |10.2| Substitution 149 |10.3| Command ranges 150 |10.4| The global command 151 |10.5| Visual block mode 152 |10.6| Reading and writing part of a file 153 |10.7| Formatting text 154 |10.8| Changing case 155 |10.9| Using an external program 156 157|usr_11.txt| Recovering from a crash 158 |11.1| Basic recovery 159 |11.2| Where is the swap file? 160 |11.3| Crashed or not? 161 |11.4| Further reading 162 163|usr_12.txt| Clever tricks 164 |12.1| Replace a word 165 |12.2| Change "Last, First" to "First Last" 166 |12.3| Sort a list 167 |12.4| Reverse line order 168 |12.5| Count words 169 |12.6| Find a man page 170 |12.7| Trim blanks 171 |12.8| Find where a word is used 172 173============================================================================== 174Editing Effectively ~ 175 176Subjects that can be read independently. 177 178|usr_20.txt| Typing command-line commands quickly 179 |20.1| Command line editing 180 |20.2| Command line abbreviations 181 |20.3| Command line completion 182 |20.4| Command line history 183 |20.5| Command line window 184 185|usr_21.txt| Go away and come back 186 |21.1| Suspend and resume 187 |21.2| Executing shell commands 188 |21.3| Remembering information; viminfo 189 |21.4| Sessions 190 |21.5| Views 191 |21.6| Modelines 192 193|usr_22.txt| Finding the file to edit 194 |22.1| The file explorer 195 |22.2| The current directory 196 |22.3| Finding a file 197 |22.4| The buffer list 198 199|usr_23.txt| Editing other files 200 |23.1| DOS, Mac and Unix files 201 |23.2| Files on the internet 202 |23.3| Encryption 203 |23.4| Binary files 204 |23.5| Compressed files 205 206|usr_24.txt| Inserting quickly 207 |24.1| Making corrections 208 |24.2| Showing matches 209 |24.3| Completion 210 |24.4| Repeating an insert 211 |24.5| Copying from another line 212 |24.6| Inserting a register 213 |24.7| Abbreviations 214 |24.8| Entering special characters 215 |24.9| Digraphs 216 |24.10| Normal mode commands 217 218|usr_25.txt| Editing formatted text 219 |25.1| Breaking lines 220 |25.2| Aligning text 221 |25.3| Indents and tabs 222 |25.4| Dealing with long lines 223 |25.5| Editing tables 224 225|usr_26.txt| Repeating 226 |26.1| Repeating with Visual mode 227 |26.2| Add and subtract 228 |26.3| Making a change in many files 229 |26.4| Using Vim from a shell script 230 231|usr_27.txt| Search commands and patterns 232 |27.1| Ignoring case 233 |27.2| Wrapping around the file end 234 |27.3| Offsets 235 |27.4| Matching multiple times 236 |27.5| Alternatives 237 |27.6| Character ranges 238 |27.7| Character classes 239 |27.8| Matching a line break 240 |27.9| Examples 241 242|usr_28.txt| Folding 243 |28.1| What is folding? 244 |28.2| Manual folding 245 |28.3| Working with folds 246 |28.4| Saving and restoring folds 247 |28.5| Folding by indent 248 |28.6| Folding with markers 249 |28.7| Folding by syntax 250 |28.8| Folding by expression 251 |28.9| Folding unchanged lines 252 |28.10| Which fold method to use? 253 254|usr_29.txt| Moving through programs 255 |29.1| Using tags 256 |29.2| The preview window 257 |29.3| Moving through a program 258 |29.4| Finding global identifiers 259 |29.5| Finding local identifiers 260 261|usr_30.txt| Editing programs 262 |30.1| Compiling 263 |30.2| Indenting C files 264 |30.3| Automatic indenting 265 |30.4| Other indenting 266 |30.5| Tabs and spaces 267 |30.6| Formatting comments 268 269|usr_31.txt| Exploiting the GUI 270 |31.1| The file browser 271 |31.2| Confirmation 272 |31.3| Menu shortcuts 273 |31.4| Vim window position and size 274 |31.5| Various 275 276|usr_32.txt| The undo tree 277 |32.1| Undo up to a file write 278 |32.2| Numbering changes 279 |32.3| Jumping around the tree 280 |32.4| Time travelling 281 282============================================================================== 283Tuning Vim ~ 284 285Make Vim work as you like it. 286 287|usr_40.txt| Make new commands 288 |40.1| Key mapping 289 |40.2| Defining command-line commands 290 |40.3| Autocommands 291 292|usr_41.txt| Write a Vim script 293 |41.1| Introduction 294 |41.2| Variables 295 |41.3| Expressions 296 |41.4| Conditionals 297 |41.5| Executing an expression 298 |41.6| Using functions 299 |41.7| Defining a function 300 |41.8| Lists and Dictionaries 301 |41.9| Exceptions 302 |41.10| Various remarks 303 |41.11| Writing a plugin 304 |41.12| Writing a filetype plugin 305 |41.13| Writing a compiler plugin 306 |41.14| Writing a plugin that loads quickly 307 |41.15| Writing library scripts 308 |41.16| Distributing Vim scripts 309 310|usr_42.txt| Add new menus 311 |42.1| Introduction 312 |42.2| Menu commands 313 |42.3| Various 314 |42.4| Toolbar and popup menus 315 316|usr_43.txt| Using filetypes 317 |43.1| Plugins for a filetype 318 |43.2| Adding a filetype 319 320|usr_44.txt| Your own syntax highlighted 321 |44.1| Basic syntax commands 322 |44.2| Keywords 323 |44.3| Matches 324 |44.4| Regions 325 |44.5| Nested items 326 |44.6| Following groups 327 |44.7| Other arguments 328 |44.8| Clusters 329 |44.9| Including another syntax file 330 |44.10| Synchronizing 331 |44.11| Installing a syntax file 332 |44.12| Portable syntax file layout 333 334|usr_45.txt| Select your language 335 |45.1| Language for Messages 336 |45.2| Language for Menus 337 |45.3| Using another encoding 338 |45.4| Editing files with a different encoding 339 |45.5| Entering language text 340 341============================================================================== 342Making Vim Run ~ 343 344Before you can use Vim. 345 346|usr_90.txt| Installing Vim 347 |90.1| Unix 348 |90.2| MS-Windows 349 |90.3| Upgrading 350 |90.4| Common installation issues 351 |90.5| Uninstalling Vim 352 353============================================================================== 354 355Copyright: see |manual-copyright| vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: 356