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This document provides a summary of commands and topics for the Vim text editor. It lists sections in the Vim documentation on getting started with Vim, exiting Vim, initializing Vim settings, suspending Vim, recovering after a crash, editing files including binary files, inserting and deleting text, changing text, copying and moving text, formatting text and comments, repeating commands, undoing and redoing, moving around text using word motions, left-right motions, up-down motions, text-object motions, and various other motions. It also lists topics on searching, scrolling, changing modes, mapping keys, abbreviations, command line editing, setting options, managing windows and buffers, using the GUI, syntax highlighting, and more.

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Howto

This document provides a summary of commands and topics for the Vim text editor. It lists sections in the Vim documentation on getting started with Vim, exiting Vim, initializing Vim settings, suspending Vim, recovering after a crash, editing files including binary files, inserting and deleting text, changing text, copying and moving text, formatting text and comments, repeating commands, undoing and redoing, moving around text using word motions, left-right motions, up-down motions, text-object motions, and various other motions. It also lists topics on searching, scrolling, changing modes, mapping keys, abbreviations, command line editing, setting options, managing windows and buffers, using the GUI, syntax highlighting, and more.

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*howto.txt* For Vim version 8.2.

Last change: 2006 Apr 02

VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar

How to ... *howdoi* *how-do-i* *howto* *how-to*

|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

|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

|usr_26.txt| repeat commands


|02.5| undo and redo

|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

|03.7| scroll
|'sidescroll'| scroll horizontally/sideways
|'scrolloff'| set visible context lines

|mode-switching| change modes


|04.4| use Visual mode
|'insertmode'| start Vim in Insert mode

|40.1| map keys


|24.7| create abbreviations

|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

|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

|'autowrite'| write automatically


|30.1| speedup edit-compile-edit cycle or compile and fix
errors within Vim

|options| set options


|auto-setting| set options automatically
|term-dependent-settings| set options depending on terminal name
|save-settings| save settings
|:quote| comment my .vim files
|'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

|mouse-using| use mouse with Vim


|usr_08.txt| manage multiple windows and buffers
|gui.txt| use the gui

|You can't! (yet)| do dishes using Vim

|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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