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5. Online VIM help

See the online man pages. At unix shell prompt type 'man vim' and 'man gvim'.

Or inside the gvim session type :help to get the help page.

                        VIM - main help file

      Move around:  Use the cursor keys, or "h" to go left,
                    "j" to go down, "k" to go up, "l" to go right.
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 between |bars| and hit CTRL-].
   With the mouse:  ":set mouse=a" to enable the mouse (in xterm or GUI).
                    Double-click the left mouse button on a tag between |bars|.
        jump back:  Type CTRL-T or CTRL-O.
Get specific help:  It is possible to go directly to whatever you want help
                    on, by giving an argument to the ":help" command |:help|.
                    It is possible to further specify the context:
                          WHAT                  PREPEND    EXAMPLE      ~
                      Normal mode commands     (nothing)   :help x
                      Visual mode commands        v_       :help v_u
                      Insert mode commands        i_       :help i_<Esc>
                      command-line commands       :        :help :quit
                      command-line editing        c_       :help c_<Del>
                      Vim command arguments       -        :help -r
                      options                     '        :help 'textwidth'

|howto.txt|     how to do the most common things
|tutor|         30 minutes training course for beginners
|copying|       About copying Vim and Uganda
|www|           Vim on the World Wide Web
|bugs|          Where to send bug reports

list of documentation files:

|intro.txt|     introduction to Vim
|help.txt|      overview and quick reference (this file)
|index.txt|     alphabetical index for each mode
|quotes.txt|    remarks from users of Vim
|todo.txt|      known problems and desired extensions
|autocmd.txt|   automatically executing commands on an event
|change.txt|    delete and replace text

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