*help.txt* Nvim NVIM - help k 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". Get out of Vim: Use ":qa!" (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_ Command-line command : :help :quit Command-line editing c_ :help c_ 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|. ============================================================================== NVIM DOCUMENTATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UI |tui| Builtin UI |gui| External (graphical) UIs |signs| Signs displayed as window decorations (the "gutter") ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INTEROP |provider| Builtin remote plugin hosts |if_perl| Perl interface |if_pyth| Python interface |if_ruby| Ruby interface ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSIONS |deprecated| Deprecated features that will be removed |vi-differences| Differences between Vim and Vi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEVELOPING NVIM |dev| Development of Nvim |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_netrw.txt| Reading and writing files over a network |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 Local additions ~ *local-additions* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bars example *bars* Now that you've jumped here with CTRL-] or a double mouse click, you can use CTRL-T, CTRL-O, g, or 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'. vim:tw=78:isk=!-~,^*,^\|,^\":ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: