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VIMTUTOR(1) General Commands Manual VIMTUTOR(1)

NAME
vimtutor - the Vim tutor

SYNOPSIS
vimtutor [-g] [language]
gvimtutor

DESCRIPTION
Vimtutor starts the Vim tutor. It copies the tutor file first, so that it can be modified
without changing the original file.

The Vimtutor is useful for people that want to learn their first Vim commands.

The optional argument -g starts vimtutor with gvim rather than vim, if the GUI version of
vim is available, or falls back to Vim if gvim is not found.

The optional [language] argument is the two-letter name of a language, like "it" or "es".
If the [language] argument is missing, the language of the current locale will be used.
If a tutor in this language is available, it will be used. Otherwise the English version
will be used.

Vim is always started in Vi compatible mode.

FILES
/usr/share/vim/vim74/tutor/tutor[.language]
The Vimtutor text file(s).

/usr/share/vim/vim74/tutor/tutor.vim
The Vim script used to copy the Vimtutor text file.

AUTHOR
The Vimtutor was originally written for Vi by Michael C. Pierce and Robert K. Ware, Col-
orado School of Mines using ideas supplied by Charles Smith, Colorado State University.
E-mail: bware AT mines.edu.
It was modified for Vim by Bram Moolenaar. For the names of the translators see the tutor
files.