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NAME

6       vimtutor - the Vim tutor
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SYNOPSIS

9       vimtutor [-g] [language]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Vimtutor starts the Vim tutor.  It copies the tutor file first, so that
13       it can be modified without changing the original file.
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15       The Vimtutor is useful for people that want to learn  their  first  Vim
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18       The  optional argument -g starts vimtutor with gvim rather than vim, if
19       the GUI version of vim is available, or falls back to Vim  if  gvim  is
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22       The  optional [language] argument is the two-letter name of a language,
23       like "it" or "es".  If the [language] argument is missing, the language
24       of  the  current  locale  will be used.  If a tutor in this language is
25       available, it will be used.  Otherwise  the  English  version  will  be
26       used.
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28       Vim is always started in Vi compatible mode.
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FILES

31       /usr/share/vim/vim73/tutor/tutor[.language]
32                      The Vimtutor text file(s).
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34       /usr/share/vim/vim73/tutor/tutor.vim
35                      The Vim script used to copy the Vimtutor text file.
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AUTHOR

38       The  Vimtutor  was  originally  written for Vi by Michael C. Pierce and
39       Robert K. Ware, Colorado  School  of  Mines  using  ideas  supplied  by
40       Charles  Smith,  Colorado  State  University.  E-mail: bware@mines.col‐
41       orado.edu.
42       It was modified for Vim by Bram Moolenaar.  For the names of the trans‐
43       lators see the tutor files.
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SEE ALSO

46       vim(1)
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