1071d4279SBram MoolenaarVIMTUTOR(1) VIMTUTOR(1) 2071d4279SBram Moolenaar 3071d4279SBram Moolenaar 48299df96SBram Moolenaar 5071d4279SBram MoolenaarNAME 6071d4279SBram Moolenaar vimtutor - the Vim tutor 7071d4279SBram Moolenaar 8071d4279SBram MoolenaarSYNOPSIS 9446cb837SBram Moolenaar vimtutor [-g] [language] 10071d4279SBram Moolenaar 11071d4279SBram MoolenaarDESCRIPTION 128299df96SBram Moolenaar Vimtutor starts the Vim tutor. It copies the tutor file first, so that 138299df96SBram Moolenaar it can be modified without changing the original file. 14071d4279SBram Moolenaar 158299df96SBram Moolenaar The Vimtutor is useful for people that want to learn their first Vim 168299df96SBram Moolenaar commands. 17071d4279SBram Moolenaar 18446cb837SBram Moolenaar The optional argument -g starts vimtutor with gvim rather than vim, if 19446cb837SBram Moolenaar the GUI version of vim is available, or falls back to Vim if gvim is 20446cb837SBram Moolenaar not found. 21446cb837SBram Moolenaar 228299df96SBram Moolenaar The optional [language] argument is the two-letter name of a language, 238299df96SBram Moolenaar like "it" or "es". If the [language] argument is missing, the language 248299df96SBram Moolenaar of the current locale will be used. If a tutor in this language is 258299df96SBram Moolenaar available, it will be used. Otherwise the English version will be 268299df96SBram Moolenaar used. 27071d4279SBram Moolenaar 28071d4279SBram Moolenaar Vim is always started in Vi compatible mode. 29071d4279SBram Moolenaar 30071d4279SBram MoolenaarFILES 31071d4279SBram Moolenaar /usr/local/lib/vim/tutor/tutor[.language] 32071d4279SBram Moolenaar The Vimtutor text file(s). 33071d4279SBram Moolenaar 34071d4279SBram Moolenaar /usr/local/lib/vim/tutor/tutor.vim 358299df96SBram Moolenaar The Vim script used to copy the Vimtutor text file. 36071d4279SBram Moolenaar 37071d4279SBram MoolenaarAUTHOR 388299df96SBram Moolenaar The Vimtutor was originally written for Vi by Michael C. Pierce and 398299df96SBram Moolenaar Robert K. Ware, Colorado School of Mines using ideas supplied by 40*8f3f58f2SBram Moolenaar Charles Smith, Colorado State University. E-mail: [email protected]‐ 418299df96SBram Moolenaar orado.edu. 42*8f3f58f2SBram Moolenaar It was modified for Vim by Bram Moolenaar. For the names of the trans‐ 438299df96SBram Moolenaar lators see the tutor files. 44071d4279SBram Moolenaar 45071d4279SBram MoolenaarSEE ALSO 46071d4279SBram Moolenaar vim(1) 47071d4279SBram Moolenaar 48071d4279SBram Moolenaar 49071d4279SBram Moolenaar 508299df96SBram Moolenaar 2001 April 2 VIMTUTOR(1) 51