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author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2010-06-03 20:25:18 +0200 |
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committer | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2010-06-03 20:25:18 +0200 |
commit | 9160441955bc6aae91bc2d3ca415b410bad36403 (patch) | |
tree | 0b316d24d9356ae1adc6aea65a20f7fc5c94b32d | |
parent | bbd6afe03e138886f70989f31be110726ca077d8 (diff) |
Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file.
-rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/Makefile | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/help.txt | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/helphelp.txt | 278 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/intro.txt | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/tags | 65 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/todo.txt | 24 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/various.txt | 262 |
7 files changed, 337 insertions, 305 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/Makefile b/runtime/doc/Makefile index 2f697508b0..a8a6410d53 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/Makefile +++ b/runtime/doc/Makefile @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ DOCS = \ hangulin.txt \ hebrew.txt \ help.txt \ + helphelp.txt \ howto.txt \ if_cscop.txt \ if_mzsch.txt \ diff --git a/runtime/doc/help.txt b/runtime/doc/help.txt index 4f1753d13d..9fe2c6bf03 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/help.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/help.txt @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Get specific help: It is possible to go directly to whatever you want help Option ' :help 'textwidth' Search for help: Type ":help word", then hit CTRL-D to see matching help entries for "word". + Or use ":helpgrep word". |:helpgrep| VIM stands for Vi IMproved. Most of VIM was made by Bram Moolenaar, but only through the help of many others. See |credits|. @@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ REFERENCE MANUAL: These files explain every detail of Vim. *reference_toc* General subjects ~ |intro.txt| general introduction to Vim; notation used in help files |help.txt| overview and quick reference (this file) +|helphelp.txt| about using the help files |index.txt| alphabetical index of all commands |help-tags| all the tags you can jump to (index of tags) |howto.txt| how to do the most common editing tasks @@ -208,10 +210,11 @@ Now that you've jumped here with CTRL-] or a double mouse click, you can use CTRL-T, CTRL-O, g<RightMouse>, or <C-RightMouse> to go back to where you were. Note that tags are within | characters, but when highlighting is enabled these -are hidden. That makes it easier to read a command. +characters are hidden. That makes it easier to read a command. Anyway, you can use CTRL-] on any word, also when it is not within |, and Vim -will try to find help for it. +will try to find help for it. Especially for options in single quotes, e.g. +'compatible'. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ vim:tw=78:fo=tcq2:isk=!-~,^*,^\|,^\":ts=8:ft=help:norl: diff --git a/runtime/doc/helphelp.txt b/runtime/doc/helphelp.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1787659c15 --- /dev/null +++ b/runtime/doc/helphelp.txt @@ -0,0 +1,278 @@ +*helphelp.txt* For Vim version 7.3a. Last change: 2008 Jul 21 + + + VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar + + +Help on help files *helphelp* + +1. Help commands |online-help| +2. Translating help files |help-translated| +3. Writing help files |help-writing| + +============================================================================== +1. Help commands *online-help* + + *help* *<Help>* *:h* *:help* *<F1>* *i_<F1>* *i_<Help>* +<Help> or +:h[elp] Open a window and display the help file in read-only + mode. If there is a help window open already, use + that one. Otherwise, if the current window uses the + full width of the screen or is at least 80 characters + wide, the help window will appear just above the + current window. Otherwise the new window is put at + the very top. + The 'helplang' option is used to select a language, if + the main help file is available in several languages. + {not in Vi} + + *{subject}* *E149* *E661* +:h[elp] {subject} Like ":help", additionally jump to the tag {subject}. + {subject} can include wildcards like "*", "?" and + "[a-z]": + :help z? jump to help for any "z" command + :help z. jump to the help for "z." + If there is no full match for the pattern, or there + are several matches, the "best" match will be used. + A sophisticated algorithm is used to decide which + match is better than another one. These items are + considered in the computation: + - A match with same case is much better than a match + with different case. + - A match that starts after a non-alphanumeric + character is better than a match in the middle of a + word. + - A match at or near the beginning of the tag is + better than a match further on. + - The more alphanumeric characters match, the better. + - The shorter the length of the match, the better. + + The 'helplang' option is used to select a language, if + the {subject} is available in several languages. + To find a tag in a specific language, append "@ab", + where "ab" is the two-letter language code. See + |help-translated|. + + Note that the longer the {subject} you give, the less + matches will be found. You can get an idea how this + all works by using commandline completion (type CTRL-D + after ":help subject" |c_CTRL-D|). + If there are several matches, you can have them listed + by hitting CTRL-D. Example: > + :help cont<Ctrl-D> +< To use a regexp |pattern|, first do ":help" and then + use ":tag {pattern}" in the help window. The + ":tnext" command can then be used to jump to other + matches, "tselect" to list matches and choose one. > + :help index| :tse z. +< When there is no argument you will see matches for + "help", to avoid listing all possible matches (that + would be very slow). + The number of matches displayed is limited to 300. + + This command can be followed by '|' and another + command, but you don't need to escape the '|' inside a + help command. So these both work: > + :help | + :help k| only +< Note that a space before the '|' is seen as part of + the ":help" argument. + You can also use <LF> or <CR> to separate the help + command from a following command. You need to type + CTRL-V first to insert the <LF> or <CR>. Example: > + :help so<C-V><CR>only +< {not in Vi} + +:h[elp]! [subject] Like ":help", but in non-English help files prefer to + find a tag in a file with the same language as the + current file. See |help-translated|. + + *:helpg* *:helpgrep* +:helpg[rep] {pattern}[@xx] + Search all help text files and make a list of lines + in which {pattern} matches. Jumps to the first match. + The optional [@xx] specifies that only matches in the + "xx" language are to be found. + You can navigate through the matches with the + |quickfix| commands, e.g., |:cnext| to jump to the + next one. Or use |:cwindow| to get the list of + matches in the quickfix window. + {pattern} is used as a Vim regexp |pattern|. + 'ignorecase' is not used, add "\c" to ignore case. + Example for case sensitive search: > + :helpgrep Uganda +< Example for case ignoring search: > + :helpgrep uganda\c +< Example for searching in French help: > + :helpgrep backspace@fr +< The pattern does not support line breaks, it must + match within one line. You can use |:grep| instead, + but then you need to get the list of help files in a + complicated way. + Cannot be followed by another command, everything is + used as part of the pattern. But you can use + |:execute| when needed. + Compressed help files will not be searched (Fedora + compresses the help files). + {not in Vi} + + *:lh* *:lhelpgrep* +:lh[elpgrep] {pattern}[@xx] + Same as ":helpgrep", except the location list is used + instead of the quickfix list. If the help window is + already opened, then the location list for that window + is used. Otherwise, a new help window is opened and + the location list for that window is set. The + location list for the current window is not changed. + + *:exu* *:exusage* +:exu[sage] Show help on Ex commands. Added to simulate the Nvi + command. {not in Vi} + + *:viu* *:viusage* +:viu[sage] Show help on Normal mode commands. Added to simulate + the Nvi command. {not in Vi} + +When no argument is given to |:help| the file given with the 'helpfile' option +will be opened. Otherwise the specified tag is searched for in all "doc/tags" +files in the directories specified in the 'runtimepath' option. + +The initial height of the help window can be set with the 'helpheight' option +(default 20). + +Jump to specific subjects by using tags. This can be done in two ways: +- Use the "CTRL-]" command while standing on the name of a command or option. + This only works when the tag is a keyword. "<C-Leftmouse>" and + "g<LeftMouse>" work just like "CTRL-]". +- use the ":ta {subject}" command. This also works with non-keyword + characters. + +Use CTRL-T or CTRL-O to jump back. +Use ":q" to close the help window. + +If there are several matches for an item you are looking for, this is how you +can jump to each one of them: +1. Open a help window +2. Use the ":tag" command with a slash prepended to the tag. E.g.: > + :tag /min +3. Use ":tnext" to jump to the next matching tag. + +It is possible to add help files for plugins and other items. You don't need +to change the distributed help files for that. See |add-local-help|. + +To write a local help file, see |write-local-help|. + +Note that the title lines from the local help files are automagically added to +the "LOCAL ADDITIONS" section in the "help.txt" help file |local-additions|. +This is done when viewing the file in Vim, the file itself is not changed. It +is done by going through all help files and obtaining the first line of each +file. The files in $VIMRUNTIME/doc are skipped. + + *help-xterm-window* +If you want to have the help in another xterm window, you could use this +command: > + :!xterm -e vim +help & +< + + *:helpfind* *:helpf* +:helpf[ind] Like |:help|, but use a dialog to enter the argument. + Only for backwards compatibility. It now executes the + ToolBar.FindHelp menu entry instead of using a builtin + dialog. {only when compiled with |+GUI_GTK|} +< {not in Vi} + + *:helpt* *:helptags* + *E154* *E150* *E151* *E152* *E153* *E670* +:helpt[ags] [++t] {dir} + Generate the help tags file(s) for directory {dir}. + All "*.txt" and "*.??x" files in the directory are + scanned for a help tag definition in between stars. + The "*.??x" files are for translated docs, they + generate the "tags-??" file, see |help-translated|. + The generated tags files are sorted. + When there are duplicates an error message is given. + An existing tags file is silently overwritten. + The optional "++t" argument forces adding the + "help-tags" tag. This is also done when the {dir} is + equal to $VIMRUNTIME/doc. + To rebuild the help tags in the runtime directory + (requires write permission there): > + :helptags $VIMRUNTIME/doc +< {not in Vi} + + +============================================================================== +2. Translated help files *help-translated* + +It is possible to add translated help files, next to the original English help +files. Vim will search for all help in "doc" directories in 'runtimepath'. +This is only available when compiled with the |+multi_lang| feature. + +At this moment translations are available for: + Chinese - multiple authors + French - translated by David Blanchet + Italian - translated by Antonio Colombo + Polish - translated by Mikolaj Machowski + Russian - translated by Vassily Ragosin +See the Vim website to find them: http://www.vim.org/translations.php + +A set of translated help files consists of these files: + + help.abx + howto.abx + ... + tags-ab + +"ab" is the two-letter language code. Thus for Italian the names are: + + help.itx + howto.itx + ... + tags-it + +The 'helplang' option can be set to the preferred language(s). The default is +set according to the environment. Vim will first try to find a matching tag +in the preferred language(s). English is used when it cannot be found. + +To find a tag in a specific language, append "@ab" to a tag, where "ab" is the +two-letter language code. Example: > + :he user-manual@it + :he user-manual@en +The first one finds the Italian user manual, even when 'helplang' is empty. +The second one finds the English user manual, even when 'helplang' is set to +"it". + +When using command-line completion for the ":help" command, the "@en" +extension is only shown when a tag exists for multiple languages. When the +tag only exists for English "@en" is omitted. + +When using |CTRL-]| or ":help!" in a non-English help file Vim will try to +find the tag in the same language. If not found then 'helplang' will be used +to select a language. + +Help files must use latin1 or utf-8 encoding. Vim assumes the encoding is +utf-8 when finding non-ASCII characters in the first line. Thus you must +translate the header with "For Vim version". + +The same encoding must be used for the help files of one language in one +directory. You can use a different encoding for different languages and use +a different encoding for help files of the same language but in a different +directory. + +Hints for translators: +- Do not translate the tags. This makes it possible to use 'helplang' to + specify the preferred language. You may add new tags in your language. +- When you do not translate a part of a file, add tags to the English version, + using the "tag@en" notation. +- Make a package with all the files and the tags file available for download. + Users can drop it in one of the "doc" directories and start use it. + Report this to Bram, so that he can add a link on www.vim.org. +- Use the |:helptags| command to generate the tags files. It will find all + languages in the specified directory. + +============================================================================== +3. Writing help files *help-writing* + +TODO + + vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: diff --git a/runtime/doc/intro.txt b/runtime/doc/intro.txt index 10aebe5b44..4e25780adb 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/intro.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/intro.txt @@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ patches, suggestions and giving feedback about what is good and bad in Vim. Vim would never have become what it is now, without the help of these people! Ron Aaron Win32 GUI changes + Mohsin Ahmed encryption Zoltan Arpadffy work on VMS port Tony Andrews Stevie Gert van Antwerpen changes for DJGPP on MS-DOS @@ -226,13 +227,13 @@ Vim would never have become what it is now, without the help of these people! David Leonard Port of Python extensions to Unix Avner Lottem Edit in right-to-left windows Flemming Madsen X11 client-server, various features and patches - Microsoft Gave me a copy of DevStudio to compile Vim with + Tony Mechelynck answers many user questions Paul Moore Python interface extensions, many patches Katsuhito Nagano Work on multi-byte versions Sung-Hyun Nam Work on multi-byte versions Vince Negri Win32 GUI and generic console enhancements Steve Oualline Author of the first Vim book |frombook| - Dominique Pelle figuring out valgrind reports and fixes + Dominique Pelle valgrind reports and many fixes A.Politz Many bug reports and some fixes George V. Reilly Win32 port, Win32 GUI start-off Stephen Riehm bug collector diff --git a/runtime/doc/tags b/runtime/doc/tags index 7ecb985c89..f2bf7315e8 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/tags +++ b/runtime/doc/tags @@ -2126,8 +2126,8 @@ $VIMRUNTIME starting.txt /*$VIMRUNTIME* :execute eval.txt /*:execute* :exi editing.txt /*:exi* :exit editing.txt /*:exit* -:exu various.txt /*:exu* -:exusage various.txt /*:exusage* +:exu helphelp.txt /*:exu* +:exusage helphelp.txt /*:exusage* :f editing.txt /*:f* :fi editing.txt /*:fi* :file editing.txt /*:file* @@ -2178,16 +2178,16 @@ $VIMRUNTIME starting.txt /*$VIMRUNTIME* :gui gui_x11.txt /*:gui* :gv gui_x11.txt /*:gv* :gvim gui_x11.txt /*:gvim* -:h various.txt /*:h* +:h helphelp.txt /*:h* :ha print.txt /*:ha* :hardcopy print.txt /*:hardcopy* -:help various.txt /*:help* -:helpf various.txt /*:helpf* -:helpfind various.txt /*:helpfind* -:helpg various.txt /*:helpg* -:helpgrep various.txt /*:helpgrep* -:helpt various.txt /*:helpt* -:helptags various.txt /*:helptags* +:help helphelp.txt /*:help* +:helpf helphelp.txt /*:helpf* +:helpfind helphelp.txt /*:helpfind* +:helpg helphelp.txt /*:helpg* +:helpgrep helphelp.txt /*:helpgrep* +:helpt helphelp.txt /*:helpt* +:helptags helphelp.txt /*:helptags* :hi syntax.txt /*:hi* :hi-default syntax.txt /*:hi-default* :hi-link syntax.txt /*:hi-link* @@ -2309,8 +2309,8 @@ $VIMRUNTIME starting.txt /*$VIMRUNTIME* :lgrep quickfix.txt /*:lgrep* :lgrepa quickfix.txt /*:lgrepa* :lgrepadd quickfix.txt /*:lgrepadd* -:lh various.txt /*:lh* -:lhelpgrep various.txt /*:lhelpgrep* +:lh helphelp.txt /*:lh* +:lhelpgrep helphelp.txt /*:lhelpgrep* :list various.txt /*:list* :ll quickfix.txt /*:ll* :lla quickfix.txt /*:lla* @@ -2928,8 +2928,8 @@ $VIMRUNTIME starting.txt /*$VIMRUNTIME* :vimgrepadd quickfix.txt /*:vimgrepadd* :visual editing.txt /*:visual* :visual_example visual.txt /*:visual_example* -:viu various.txt /*:viu* -:viusage various.txt /*:viusage* +:viu helphelp.txt /*:viu* +:viusage helphelp.txt /*:viusage* :vm map.txt /*:vm* :vmap map.txt /*:vmap* :vmap_l map.txt /*:vmap_l* @@ -3055,7 +3055,7 @@ $VIMRUNTIME starting.txt /*$VIMRUNTIME* <F17> term.txt /*<F17>* <F18> term.txt /*<F18>* <F19> term.txt /*<F19>* -<F1> various.txt /*<F1>* +<F1> helphelp.txt /*<F1>* <F2> term.txt /*<F2>* <F3> term.txt /*<F3>* <F4> term.txt /*<F4>* @@ -3064,7 +3064,7 @@ $VIMRUNTIME starting.txt /*$VIMRUNTIME* <F7> term.txt /*<F7>* <F8> term.txt /*<F8>* <F9> term.txt /*<F9>* -<Help> various.txt /*<Help>* +<Help> helphelp.txt /*<Help>* <Home> motion.txt /*<Home>* <Insert> insert.txt /*<Insert>* <Leader> map.txt /*<Leader>* @@ -3430,13 +3430,13 @@ E145 starting.txt /*E145* E146 change.txt /*E146* E147 repeat.txt /*E147* E148 repeat.txt /*E148* -E149 various.txt /*E149* +E149 helphelp.txt /*E149* E15 eval.txt /*E15* -E150 various.txt /*E150* -E151 various.txt /*E151* -E152 various.txt /*E152* -E153 various.txt /*E153* -E154 various.txt /*E154* +E150 helphelp.txt /*E150* +E151 helphelp.txt /*E151* +E152 helphelp.txt /*E152* +E153 helphelp.txt /*E153* +E154 helphelp.txt /*E154* E155 sign.txt /*E155* E156 sign.txt /*E156* E157 sign.txt /*E157* @@ -3989,7 +3989,7 @@ E658 netbeans.txt /*E658* E659 if_pyth.txt /*E659* E66 syntax.txt /*E66* E660 netbeans.txt /*E660* -E661 various.txt /*E661* +E661 helphelp.txt /*E661* E662 motion.txt /*E662* E663 motion.txt /*E663* E664 motion.txt /*E664* @@ -3999,7 +3999,7 @@ E667 editing.txt /*E667* E668 netbeans.txt /*E668* E669 syntax.txt /*E669* E67 syntax.txt /*E67* -E670 various.txt /*E670* +E670 helphelp.txt /*E670* E671 starting.txt /*E671* E672 starting.txt /*E672* E673 print.txt /*E673* @@ -5976,13 +5976,16 @@ haslocaldir() eval.txt /*haslocaldir()* hasmapto() eval.txt /*hasmapto()* hebrew hebrew.txt /*hebrew* hebrew.txt hebrew.txt /*hebrew.txt* -help various.txt /*help* +help helphelp.txt /*help* help-context help.txt /*help-context* help-summary usr_02.txt /*help-summary* help-tags tags 1 -help-translated various.txt /*help-translated* -help-xterm-window various.txt /*help-xterm-window* +help-translated helphelp.txt /*help-translated* +help-writing helphelp.txt /*help-writing* +help-xterm-window helphelp.txt /*help-xterm-window* help.txt help.txt /*help.txt* +helphelp helphelp.txt /*helphelp* +helphelp.txt helphelp.txt /*helphelp.txt* hex-editing tips.txt /*hex-editing* hidden-buffer windows.txt /*hidden-buffer* hidden-changed version5.txt /*hidden-changed* @@ -6105,8 +6108,8 @@ i_<Del> insert.txt /*i_<Del>* i_<Down> insert.txt /*i_<Down>* i_<End> insert.txt /*i_<End>* i_<Esc> insert.txt /*i_<Esc>* -i_<F1> various.txt /*i_<F1>* -i_<Help> various.txt /*i_<Help>* +i_<F1> helphelp.txt /*i_<F1>* +i_<Help> helphelp.txt /*i_<Help>* i_<Home> insert.txt /*i_<Home>* i_<Insert> insert.txt /*i_<Insert>* i_<Left> insert.txt /*i_<Left>* @@ -6865,7 +6868,7 @@ ole-sendkeys if_ole.txt /*ole-sendkeys* ole-setforeground if_ole.txt /*ole-setforeground* omap-info map.txt /*omap-info* omni-sql-completion ft_sql.txt /*omni-sql-completion* -online-help various.txt /*online-help* +online-help helphelp.txt /*online-help* opening-window windows.txt /*opening-window* operator motion.txt /*operator* operator-variable eval.txt /*operator-variable* @@ -8411,7 +8414,7 @@ zz scroll.txt /*zz* {offset} pattern.txt /*{offset}* {pat} autocmd.txt /*{pat}* {rhs} map.txt /*{rhs}* -{subject} various.txt /*{subject}* +{subject} helphelp.txt /*{subject}* {} intro.txt /*{}* } motion.txt /*}* ~ change.txt /*~* diff --git a/runtime/doc/todo.txt b/runtime/doc/todo.txt index daec1bc680..6f82a6834f 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/todo.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/todo.txt @@ -1082,24 +1082,30 @@ restored. (Luc St-Louis) Vim 7.3: -- undofile: keep markers where the file was written/read, so that it's easy to - go back to a saved version of the file ":earlier 1file"? - using NSIS 2.46: install on Windows 7 works, but no "Edit with Vim" menu. Use register_shell_extension()? (George Reilly, 2010 May 26) Ron's version: http://dev.ronware.org/p/vim/finfo?name=gvim.nsi - Also crypt the swap file, each block separately. Change mf_write() and - mf_read(). How to get b_p_key to these functions? - Generate seed for each block, store in pointer block. Block 1 is not - encrypted. - When changing the password need to read back with the old password and - write again with the new one. - Verify recovery works. + mf_read(). + - How to get b_p_key to these functions? Store it in mfp? + - Generate a seed for the swapfile, put it in block 0. + - For each block, use password + seed + byte offset to crypt/decrypt. + - When changing the password need to read back with the old password and + write again with the new one. + - Verify recovery works. - Update for crypt code to use salt. (Mohsin May 30) - Make the strengthen_key value configurable and store it in the header. + Make the strengthen_key value configurable and store it in the header? + Or just use 10000, equivalent to crypting 10 Kbyte of text. +- undofile: keep markers where the file was written/read, so that it's easy to + go back to a saved version of the file: ":earlier 1f" (f for file)? + Also add ":earlier 1d" (d for day). +- Create a helphelp.txt file, move instructions there to write help files from + various.txt and list by Tony. Patches to include: - Include conceal patch? http://vince.negri.googlepages.com/ http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Patch_to_conceal_parts_of_lines + http://sites.google.com/site/vincenegri/conceal-ownsyntax.diff?attredirects=0 - Patch for Lisp support with ECL (Mikael Jansson, 2008 Oct 25) - Minor patches from Dominique Pelle, 2010 May 15 - Gvimext patch to support wide file names. (Szabolcs Horvat 2008 Sep 10) diff --git a/runtime/doc/various.txt b/runtime/doc/various.txt index 65688eead7..3f1d061ba5 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/various.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/various.txt @@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ Various commands *various* 1. Various commands |various-cmds| -2. Online help |online-help| -3. Using Vim like less or more |less| +2. Using Vim like less or more |less| ============================================================================== 1. Various commands *various-cmds* @@ -603,265 +602,6 @@ g CTRL-A Only when Vim was compiled with MEM_PROFILING defined Only useful for debugging Vim. ============================================================================== -2. Online help *online-help* - - *help* *<Help>* *:h* *:help* *<F1>* *i_<F1>* *i_<Help>* -<Help> or -:h[elp] Open a window and display the help file in read-only - mode. If there is a help window open already, use - that one. Otherwise, if the current window uses the - full width of the screen or is at least 80 characters - wide, the help window will appear just above the - current window. Otherwise the new window is put at - the very top. - The 'helplang' option is used to select a language, if - the main help file is available in several languages. - {not in Vi} - - *{subject}* *E149* *E661* -:h[elp] {subject} Like ":help", additionally jump to the tag {subject}. - {subject} can include wildcards like "*", "?" and - "[a-z]": - :help z? jump to help for any "z" command - :help z. jump to the help for "z." - If there is no full match for the pattern, or there - are several matches, the "best" match will be used. - A sophisticated algorithm is used to decide which - match is better than another one. These items are - considered in the computation: - - A match with same case is much better than a match - with different case. - - A match that starts after a non-alphanumeric - character is better than a match in the middle of a - word. - - A match at or near the beginning of the tag is - better than a match further on. - - The more alphanumeric characters match, the better. - - The shorter the length of the match, the better. - - The 'helplang' option is used to select a language, if - the {subject} is available in several languages. - To find a tag in a specific language, append "@ab", - where "ab" is the two-letter language code. See - |help-translated|. - - Note that the longer the {subject} you give, the less - matches will be found. You can get an idea how this - all works by using commandline completion (type CTRL-D - after ":help subject" |c_CTRL-D|). - If there are several matches, you can have them listed - by hitting CTRL-D. Example: > - :help cont<Ctrl-D> -< To use a regexp |pattern|, first do ":help" and then - use ":tag {pattern}" in the help window. The - ":tnext" command can then be used to jump to other - matches, "tselect" to list matches and choose one. > - :help index| :tse z. -< When there is no argument you will see matches for - "help", to avoid listing all possible matches (that - would be very slow). - The number of matches displayed is limited to 300. - - This command can be followed by '|' and another - command, but you don't need to escape the '|' inside a - help command. So these both work: > - :help | - :help k| only -< Note that a space before the '|' is seen as part of - the ":help" argument. - You can also use <LF> or <CR> to separate the help - command from a following command. You need to type - CTRL-V first to insert the <LF> or <CR>. Example: > - :help so<C-V><CR>only -< {not in Vi} - -:h[elp]! [subject] Like ":help", but in non-English help files prefer to - find a tag in a file with the same language as the - current file. See |help-translated|. - - *:helpg* *:helpgrep* -:helpg[rep] {pattern}[@xx] - Search all help text files and make a list of lines - in which {pattern} matches. Jumps to the first match. - The optional [@xx] specifies that only matches in the - "xx" language are to be found. - You can navigate through the matches with the - |quickfix| commands, e.g., |:cnext| to jump to the - next one. Or use |:cwindow| to get the list of - matches in the quickfix window. - {pattern} is used as a Vim regexp |pattern|. - 'ignorecase' is not used, add "\c" to ignore case. - Example for case sensitive search: > - :helpgrep Uganda -< Example for case ignoring search: > - :helpgrep uganda\c -< Example for searching in French help: > - :helpgrep backspace@fr -< The pattern does not support line breaks, it must - match within one line. You can use |:grep| instead, - but then you need to get the list of help files in a - complicated way. - Cannot be followed by another command, everything is - used as part of the pattern. But you can use - |:execute| when needed. - Compressed help files will not be searched (Fedora - compresses the help files). - {not in Vi} - - *:lh* *:lhelpgrep* -:lh[elpgrep] {pattern}[@xx] - Same as ":helpgrep", except the location list is used - instead of the quickfix list. If the help window is - already opened, then the location list for that window - is used. Otherwise, a new help window is opened and - the location list for that window is set. The - location list for the current window is not changed. - - *:exu* *:exusage* -:exu[sage] Show help on Ex commands. Added to simulate the Nvi - command. {not in Vi} - - *:viu* *:viusage* -:viu[sage] Show help on Normal mode commands. Added to simulate - the Nvi command. {not in Vi} - -When no argument is given to |:help| the file given with the 'helpfile' option -will be opened. Otherwise the specified tag is searched for in all "doc/tags" -files in the directories specified in the 'runtimepath' option. - -The initial height of the help window can be set with the 'helpheight' option -(default 20). - -Jump to specific subjects by using tags. This can be done in two ways: -- Use the "CTRL-]" command while standing on the name of a command or option. - This only works when the tag is a keyword. "<C-Leftmouse>" and - "g<LeftMouse>" work just like "CTRL-]". -- use the ":ta {subject}" command. This also works with non-keyword - characters. - -Use CTRL-T or CTRL-O to jump back. -Use ":q" to close the help window. - -If there are several matches for an item you are looking for, this is how you -can jump to each one of them: -1. Open a help window -2. Use the ":tag" command with a slash prepended to the tag. E.g.: > - :tag /min -3. Use ":tnext" to jump to the next matching tag. - -It is possible to add help files for plugins and other items. You don't need -to change the distributed help files for that. See |add-local-help|. - -To write a local help file, see |write-local-help|. - -Note that the title lines from the local help files are automagically added to -the "LOCAL ADDITIONS" section in the "help.txt" help file |local-additions|. -This is done when viewing the file in Vim, the file itself is not changed. It -is done by going through all help files and obtaining the first line of each -file. The files in $VIMRUNTIME/doc are skipped. - - *help-xterm-window* -If you want to have the help in another xterm window, you could use this -command: > - :!xterm -e vim +help & -< - - *:helpfind* *:helpf* -:helpf[ind] Like |:help|, but use a dialog to enter the argument. - Only for backwards compatibility. It now executes the - ToolBar.FindHelp menu entry instead of using a builtin - dialog. {only when compiled with |+GUI_GTK|} -< {not in Vi} - - *:helpt* *:helptags* - *E154* *E150* *E151* *E152* *E153* *E670* -:helpt[ags] [++t] {dir} - Generate the help tags file(s) for directory {dir}. - All "*.txt" and "*.??x" files in the directory are - scanned for a help tag definition in between stars. - The "*.??x" files are for translated docs, they - generate the "tags-??" file, see |help-translated|. - The generated tags files are sorted. - When there are duplicates an error message is given. - An existing tags file is silently overwritten. - The optional "++t" argument forces adding the - "help-tags" tag. This is also done when the {dir} is - equal to $VIMRUNTIME/doc. - To rebuild the help tags in the runtime directory - (requires write permission there): > - :helptags $VIMRUNTIME/doc -< {not in Vi} - - -TRANSLATED HELP *help-translated* - -It is possible to add translated help files, next to the original English help -files. Vim will search for all help in "doc" directories in 'runtimepath'. -This is only available when compiled with the |+multi_lang| feature. - -At this moment translations are available for: - Chinese - multiple authors - French - translated by David Blanchet - Italian - translated by Antonio Colombo - Polish - translated by Mikolaj Machowski - Russian - translated by Vassily Ragosin -See the Vim website to find them: http://www.vim.org/translations.php - -A set of translated help files consists of these files: - - help.abx - howto.abx - ... - tags-ab - -"ab" is the two-letter language code. Thus for Italian the names are: - - help.itx - howto.itx - ... - tags-it - -The 'helplang' option can be set to the preferred language(s). The default is -set according to the environment. Vim will first try to find a matching tag -in the preferred language(s). English is used when it cannot be found. - -To find a tag in a specific language, append "@ab" to a tag, where "ab" is the -two-letter language code. Example: > - :he user-manual@it - :he user-manual@en -The first one finds the Italian user manual, even when 'helplang' is empty. -The second one finds the English user manual, even when 'helplang' is set to -"it". - -When using command-line completion for the ":help" command, the "@en" -extension is only shown when a tag exists for multiple languages. When the -tag only exists for English "@en" is omitted. - -When using |CTRL-]| or ":help!" in a non-English help file Vim will try to -find the tag in the same language. If not found then 'helplang' will be used -to select a language. - -Help files must use latin1 or utf-8 encoding. Vim assumes the encoding is -utf-8 when finding non-ASCII characters in the first line. Thus you must -translate the header with "For Vim version". - -The same encoding must be used for the help files of one language in one -directory. You can use a different encoding for different languages and use -a different encoding for help files of the same language but in a different -directory. - -Hints for translators: -- Do not translate the tags. This makes it possible to use 'helplang' to - specify the preferred language. You may add new tags in your language. -- When you do not translate a part of a file, add tags to the English version, - using the "tag@en" notation. -- Make a package with all the files and the tags file available for download. - Users can drop it in one of the "doc" directories and start use it. - Report this to Bram, so that he can add a link on www.vim.org. -- Use the |:helptags| command to generate the tags files. It will find all - languages in the specified directory. - -============================================================================== 3. Using Vim like less or more *less* If you use the less or more program to view a file, you don't get syntax |