Re: manual for vim

[Matthew Weier O'Phinney <matthew@weierophinney.net>]

-- Sandip P Deshmukh <deshmukh@escortsmumbai.com> wrote
(on Tuesday, 19 November 2002, 05:17 PM +0530):
> i have recently shifted to vim and will like to have with me some good
> manual of vim with me. preferably single file, text format (like mutt manual). 
> something that is exhaustive. so that i can look it up before i post a
> query on mailing list.
I'm not sure if you want a dead-tree manual or a console-based one. In
VIM itself, typing
    :help <keywords>
will usually get you what you need. If you're not sure how to use the
help system or want to learn some basic commands, try typing, from the
command line (not in vim)
    vimtutor
And go through it (takes maybe an hour from start to finish).

If you want a dead-tree copy, I can't recommend highly enough Steve
Oualline's "Vi IMproved--VIM" book from New Riders Press. It doesn't
claim to be comprehensive, but it certainly touches on a large number of
uses you'll have for VIM, and serves as a good reference for many tasks
(including using :help).

-- 
Matthew Weier O'Phinney
matthew@weierophinney.net