Manual: vimtutor

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NAME
       vimtutor - the Vim tutor

SYNOPSIS
       vimtutor [-l | --language ISO639] [-c | --chapter NUMBER] [-g | --gui] [ISO639]
       vimtutor [-h | --help]
       vimtutor [--list]

DESCRIPTION
       Vimtutor starts the Vim tutor.

       The Vimtutor is useful for people that want to learn their first Vim commands.  The optional [ISO639] argument is the
       two or three letter name of a language, like "it" or "es".

       Vimtutor only opens temporary copies of the original tutor files, there is no danger of overwriting the lessons.

       Vim is always started in Vi nocompatible mode.

OPTIONS
       -l, --language ISO639
	      Set  the	two or three letter language code. E.g. 'it', 'es', 'bar'.  Defaults to language of locale if avail‐
	      able, else to English.

       -c, --chapter NUMBER
	      Set the chapter number. Defaults to chapter one.

       -g, --gui
	      Start vimtutor in the GUI version of vim if available, otherwise fallback to console vim.

       -h, --help
	      Display usage information.

       --list Display chapters and languages.

EXAMPLES
       To start vimtutor in German on chapter one:

	      vimtutor de

       In English on chapter two:

	      vimtutor -c2

       Longform command for Bavarian in the GUI on chapter one:

	      vimtutor --language bar --chapter 1 --gui

FILES
       /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/tutor/tutor1[.language]
		      The Vimtutor chapter one text file(s).

       /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/tutor/tutor2[.language]
		      The Vimtutor chapter two text file(s).

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

AUTHOR
       The Vi Tutorial was originally written for Vi by Michael C. Pierce and Robert K. Ware, Colorado School of Mines using
       ideas supplied by Charles Smith, Colorado State University.  E-mail: bware@mines.colorado.edu (now invalid).

       Modified for Vim by Bram Moolenaar.

       Translation contributors are listed in the tutor files.

SEE ALSO
       vim(1)

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