*help.txt* Nvim
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: *help-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|.
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NVIM DOCUMENTATION
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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
|faq| Frequently Asked Questions
|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
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GENERAL
|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
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BASIC EDITING
|starting| Starting Vim, Vim command arguments, initialisation
|edit-files| Editing and writing files
|motion.txt| Commands for moving around
|scrolling| Scrolling the text in the window
|insert.txt| Insert and Replace mode
|change.txt| Deleting and replacing text
|undo-redo| Undo and Redo
|repeat.txt| Repeating commands, Vim scripts and debugging
|visual-mode| Using Visual mode (selecting text)
|various| Various other commands
|crash-recovery| Recovering from a crash
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ADVANCED EDITING
|cmdline| Command-line editing
|options| Description of all options
|pattern-searches| Vim regexp patterns and search commands
|key-mapping| Key mapping (shortcuts), abbreviations
|tags| Tags and special searches
|windows| Commands for using windows and buffers
|tabpage| Commands for using tabpages
|spell| Spell checking
|diff| Comparing files
|folding| Hide (fold) ranges of lines
|terminal| Embedded terminal emulator
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API (EXTENSIBILITY/SCRIPTING/PLUGINS)
|api| Nvim API via RPC, Lua and Vimscript
|ui| Nvim UI protocol
|lua-guide| Nvim Lua guide
|lua| Lua API
|luaref| Lua reference manual
|luvref| Luv (|vim.uv|) reference manual
|autocmd| Event handlers
|job-control| Spawn and control multiple processes
|channel| Nvim asynchronous IO
|vimscript| Vimscript reference
|vimscript-functions| Vimscript functions
|testing.txt| Vimscript testing functions
|remote-plugin| Nvim remote plugins
|health| Health checking
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PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE SUPPORT
|lsp| Language Server Protocol (LSP)
|diagnostic-api| Diagnostic framework
|treesitter| Incremental syntax parsing
|indent.txt| automatic indenting for C and other languages
|syntax| syntax highlighting
|filetype| Settings for specific types of files
|quickfix| Commands for a quick edit-compile-fix cycle
|ft_ada.txt| Ada filetype plugin
|ft_hare.txt| Filetype plugin for Hare
|ft_ps1.txt| PowerShell filetype plugin
|ft_raku.txt| Raku filetype plugin
|ft_rust.txt| Rust filetype plugin
|ft_sql.txt| SQL filetype plugin
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UI
|tui| Builtin UI
|gui| External (graphical) UIs
|signs| Signs displayed as window decorations (the "gutter")
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LANGUAGE SUPPORT
|digraph| List of available digraphs
|mbyte.txt| Multibyte text support
|mlang.txt| Non-English language support
|rileft.txt| Right-to-left editing mode
|arabic.txt| Arabic language support and editing
|hebrew.txt| Hebrew language support and editing
|russian.txt| Russian language support and editing
|vietnamese.txt| Vietnamese language support and editing
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INTEROP
|provider| Builtin remote plugin hosts
|if_perl| Perl interface
|if_pyth| Python interface
|if_ruby| Ruby interface
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VERSIONS
|deprecated| Deprecated features that will be removed
|vi-differences| Differences between Vim and Vi
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DEVELOPING NVIM
|dev| Development of Nvim
|dev-arch| Internal architecture, modules, data structures
|dev-style| Development style guidelines
|dev-theme| Design guidelines (colorschemes etc.)
|dev-tools| Tools and techniques for developing Nvim
|dev-vimpatch| Merging patches from Vim
Standard plugins ~
*standard-plugin-list*
|pi_gzip.txt| Reading and writing compressed files
|pi_msgpack.txt| msgpack utilities
|pi_paren.txt| Highlight matching parens
|pi_spec.txt| Filetype plugin to work with rpm spec files
|pi_tar.txt| Tar file explorer
|pi_zip.txt| Zip archive explorer
|netrw| Reading and writing files over a network
Local additions ~
*local-additions*
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Bars example *bars*
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'.
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