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| .TH VIMTUTOR 1 "2024 December 03"
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| .SH NAME
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| vimtutor \- the Vim tutor
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| .SH SYNOPSIS
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| .br
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| .B vimtutor [\-l | \-\-language ISO639] [\-c | \-\-chapter NUMBER] [\-g | \-\-gui] [ISO639]
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| .br
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| .B vimtutor [\-h | \-\-help]
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| .br
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| .B vimtutor [\-\-list]
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| .SH DESCRIPTION
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| .B Vimtutor
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| starts the
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| .B Vim
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| tutor.
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| .PP
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| The
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| .B Vimtutor
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| is useful for people that want to learn their first
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| .B Vim
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| commands.
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| The optional [ISO639] argument is the two or three letter name of a language,
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| like "it" or "es".
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| .PP
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| .B Vimtutor
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| only opens temporary copies of the original tutor files, there is no danger
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| of overwriting the lessons.
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| .PP
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| .B Vim
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| is always started in
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| .B Vi
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| compatible mode.
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| .SH OPTIONS
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| .TP
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| .BR \-l ", " \-\-language\ \fIISO639\fR
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| Set the two or three letter language code. E.g. 'it', 'es', 'bar'.
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| Defaults to language of locale if available, else to English.
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| .TP
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| .BR \-c ", " \-\-chapter\ \fINUMBER\fR
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| Set the chapter number. Defaults to chapter one.
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| .TP
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| .BR \-g ", " \-\-gui
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| Start
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| .B vimtutor
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| in the GUI version of vim if available, otherwise fallback to console vim.
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| .TP
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| .BR \-h ", " \-\-help
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| Display usage information.
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| .TP
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| .BR \-\-list
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| Display chapters and languages.
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| .SH EXAMPLES
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| To start
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| .B vimtutor
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| in German on chapter one:
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| .PP
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| .nf
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| .RS
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| vimtutor de
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| .RE
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| .fi
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| .PP
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| In English on chapter two:
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| .PP
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| .nf
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| .RS
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| vimtutor -c2
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| .RE
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| .fi
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| .PP
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| Longform command for Bavarian in the GUI on chapter one:
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| .PP
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| .nf
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| .RS
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| vimtutor --language bar --chapter 1 --gui
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| .RE
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| .fi
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| .SH FILES
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| .TP 15
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| /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/tutor/tutor1[.language]
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| The
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| .B Vimtutor
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| chapter one text file(s).
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| .TP 15
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| /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/tutor/tutor2[.language]
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| The
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| .B Vimtutor
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| chapter two text file(s).
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| .TP 15
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| /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/tutor/tutor.vim
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| The
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| .B Vim
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| script used to copy the
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| .B Vimtutor
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| text file.
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| .SH AUTHOR
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| .B The Vi Tutorial
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| was originally written for Vi by Michael C. Pierce and Robert K. Ware, Colorado
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| School of Mines using ideas supplied by Charles Smith, Colorado State University.
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| .B E-mail: bware@mines.colorado.edu (now invalid).
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| .PP
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| Modified for
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| .B Vim
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| by Bram Moolenaar.
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| .PP
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| Translation contributors are listed in the tutor files.
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| .SH SEE ALSO
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| vim(1)
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