Re: How can I better use Vim help

On 03.02.15 00:47, Sayth Renshaw wrote:
> so it's not me?

No, Vim's on-line help does not have a thin edge, AFAICT.

OK, if you read through enough verbiage at ":h help", there is mention
of :helpgrep, which should be in an initial overview paragraph, I
suggest.

If you try e.g. :helpgrep foldlevel
Then :cw # Opens the quickfix window.
Cursor up/down, and hit enter to select a match.
:ccl # Closes the quickfix window.

Yes, it's messy - just showing raw grepped text matches, but if :h name^D
wasn't enough, then it's another possible way in.

Description of :h name^D, and :h nam<Tab> name completion really ought
to precede the :helpgrep description - again, in an initial paragraph,
easily found in a tentative first exploration of a strange editor.

> Then should the manpages be tagged in such a way that a tool like
> CTRL-P could be used with multiple search terms to better help users
> locate info that would help?

Vim has tagfiles for the help. I haven't looked, but I'm not sure what
you'd plan to do that is not already covered above?

Erik

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One is on the shelf; someone has the others.
The information you need is in the others. - Ray Simard

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