2010/11/12 Tony Mechelynck <[email protected]> On 12/11/10 21:14, egarrulo wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> is there *complete* reference of Vim commands already available? I >> mean, something along this one about Vi: >> http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~fine/Tech/vi.html<http://hea-www.harvard.edu/%7Efine/Tech/vi.html> >> >> Here: >> >> http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/help.html#reference_toc >> >> it says "|index.txt <http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/index.html>| >> >> alphabetical index of all commands", but if I click on "index.txt", I >> get redirected to main help page. >> >> Disclosure: I'm not a Vim user, but I'd like to learn how much Vim >> emulators I use differ from the reference implementation. >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. >> Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. >> For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php >> > > Well, apparently that index.html link erroneouslylinks to the HTML version > of help.txt, rather than to that of index.txt. > > So, here's how to get the index of all Vim commands: > 1. Install Vim > 2. Start it. > 3. Once it is running, type ":help index.txt" (without the quotes, but with > the colon, and finish it by hitting the Enter key). > > Vim will then show you the file index.txt, one of its many buit-in help > files. > > However, like Marc said, Vim is more that a collection of commands, it is > also how to use them. I would not recommend to "learn" the Vim help by rote, > nor even to read all the help files top-to-bottom in sequence, any more than > you should read all the articles in an encyclopaedia in sequence from A to B > to C etc. to Z. > > What I recommend is to read the help, after you have started using Vim, > like you would read an encyclopaedia: start by what you want information > about, then follow the hotlinks in the text, all that without leaving Vim. > Recently, a new help file has been added, about using the Vim help: by > putting together in one place information which used to be in various > obscure places, this change makes learning Vim much more painless. You would > get it by doing ":help helphelp.txt" or, if you don't care about the > heading, ":help helphelp". > > > Best regards, > Tony. > -- > Ogden's Law: > The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch > up. >
Thank you for providing the solution. I realize that Vim's power can be fully understood only by using it, but I've settled upon another editor already. Such editor provides a Vim emulation mode which is scantly documented, with the assumption that you can go to Vim manual for further reference. I've been using such Vim-clone for a while, and I'm looking for ways to shortcut my tasks even more. Now, I'm going to read Vim's manual from cover to cover, and with a command reference at hand, I can "force" myself to include more and more commands into my editing routine. Happy Vimming! -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
