> On 04/08/2011 08:43 PM, Eric Weir wrote:
>> Well, I found time to work through the vim tutor exercise.
>> Pretty basic. Not sure I remember what I learned -- I liked
>> that it said don't try to memorize, to learn by doing
>
> Nothing like practice to burn it in :) As mentioned in a previous email,
> I forced myself to use nothing but Vim for a month and by the end of it,
> there was no going back. The things I used regularly became natural; the
> things I didn't use regularly got filed away in the "vim can do that if
> I ever need it" part of my brain without memorizing the specifics.
>
>> Haven't the faintest idea how to use the manual, i.e., how to
>> open the files listed in the table of contents. I think I need
>> to get one of the books.
>
> If you just type
>
> :help
>
> the top of the help-page it pulls up gives you tips on navigating the
> help. Additionally, you can read
>
> :help :helpgrep
> :help quickfix
>
> for searching through the help. Knowing regular-expressions helps a LOT.
>
> -tim
>
> (apologies if this is a dupe...weird SMTP/IMAP error)
>
>
>
>
There is also, as I said before, "help on using help", obtained by typing
:help helphelp.txt
followed by Enter, in a Vim running in Normal mode.
Best regards,
Tony.
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