> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 01:06:45PM EDT, George Papanikolaou wrote:
>> I know this is simple. but I can't figure it out by Googling... so.
>
> Nothing wrong with googling, but there's no guarantee whoever posted his
> favorite trick fully understands the problem and that whatever worked in
> his case will not have side-effects that may be quite unsuitable in your
> case.
>
> Maybe now's the time for you to start working with the complete (and
> 100% accurate) vim help and lose the Google-search habit...?
>
> Rather than start with the Vim reference manual, where non-specialists
> often find themselves overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of information
> and give up, it's probably more effective to study the Vim user manual
> one chapter at a time until you have a fair idea of vim's capabilities
> and how to put them to good use.
>
> You can access the user manual via:
>
> :help user-manual
>
> This gives you access to the user manual's table of contents.
>
> In this particular case, you will not find a 'mappings' section (this is
> why you often need to have at least skimmed through the entire manual
> beforehand to find what you are looking for), but there is a very clear
> (and authoritative) howto-style discussion of them under:
>
> |usr_40.txt| Make new commands
>
> Note that there is a very useful introduction to the way the Vim
> documentation is organized in:
>
> |usr_01.txt| About the manuals
>
> You may want to read it even before you read the introduction to
> mappings mentioned above.
>
> [...]
>
> CJ
>
Also, IMHO there are two "must read" sections, about searching the help.
First, hit the F1 key in vim or gvim and read what you find there.
Later, when you have the time, read the help chapter giving full details
of how to search the help, at :help online-help
Best regards,
Tony.
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