vim: runtime/doc/helphelp.txt annotate

annotate runtime/doc/helphelp.txt @ 2316:db0ea641e382 vim73

Fix: cursor line not properly concealed when moving between windows. (Vince Negri)

author	Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
date	Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:57:00 +0200
parents	c08f91142c41
children	12b829477c60

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2246 1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	1 helphelp.txt For Vim version 7.3a. Last change: 2008 Jul 21
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	2
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	3
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	5
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	6
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	7 Help on help files helphelp
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	8
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	9 1. Help commands \|online-help\|
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	10 2. Translating help files \|help-translated\|
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	11 3. Writing help files \|help-writing\|
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	12
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	13 ==============================================================================
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	14 1. Help commands online-help
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	15
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	16 help <Help> :h :help <F1> i_<F1> i_<Help>
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	17 <Help> or
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	18 :h[elp] Open a window and display the help file in read-only
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	19 mode. If there is a help window open already, use
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	20 that one. Otherwise, if the current window uses the
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	21 full width of the screen or is at least 80 characters
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	22 wide, the help window will appear just above the
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	23 current window. Otherwise the new window is put at
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	24 the very top.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	25 The 'helplang' option is used to select a language, if
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	26 the main help file is available in several languages.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	27 {not in Vi}
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	28
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	29 {subject} E149 E661
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	30 :h[elp] {subject} Like ":help", additionally jump to the tag {subject}.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	31 {subject} can include wildcards like "*", "?" and
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	32 "[a-z]":
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	33 :help z? jump to help for any "z" command
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	34 :help z. jump to the help for "z."
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	35 If there is no full match for the pattern, or there
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	36 are several matches, the "best" match will be used.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	37 A sophisticated algorithm is used to decide which
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	38 match is better than another one. These items are
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	39 considered in the computation:
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	40 - A match with same case is much better than a match
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	41 with different case.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	42 - A match that starts after a non-alphanumeric
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	43 character is better than a match in the middle of a
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	44 word.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	45 - A match at or near the beginning of the tag is
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	46 better than a match further on.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	47 - The more alphanumeric characters match, the better.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	48 - The shorter the length of the match, the better.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	49
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	50 The 'helplang' option is used to select a language, if
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	51 the {subject} is available in several languages.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	52 To find a tag in a specific language, append "@ab",
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	53 where "ab" is the two-letter language code. See
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	54 \|help-translated\|.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	55
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	56 Note that the longer the {subject} you give, the less
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	57 matches will be found. You can get an idea how this
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	58 all works by using commandline completion (type CTRL-D
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	59 after ":help subject" \|c_CTRL-D\|).
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	60 If there are several matches, you can have them listed
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	61 by hitting CTRL-D. Example: >
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	62 :help cont<Ctrl-D>
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	63 < To use a regexp \|pattern\|, first do ":help" and then
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	64 use ":tag {pattern}" in the help window. The
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	65 ":tnext" command can then be used to jump to other
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	66 matches, "tselect" to list matches and choose one. >
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	67 :help index\| :tse z.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	68 < When there is no argument you will see matches for
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	69 "help", to avoid listing all possible matches (that
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	70 would be very slow).
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	71 The number of matches displayed is limited to 300.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	72
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	73 This command can be followed by '\|' and another
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	74 command, but you don't need to escape the '\|' inside a
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	75 help command. So these both work: >
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	76 :help \|
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	77 :help k\| only
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	78 < Note that a space before the '\|' is seen as part of
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	79 the ":help" argument.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	80 You can also use <LF> or <CR> to separate the help
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	81 command from a following command. You need to type
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	82 CTRL-V first to insert the <LF> or <CR>. Example: >
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	83 :help so<C-V><CR>only
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	84 < {not in Vi}
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	85
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	86 :h[elp]! [subject] Like ":help", but in non-English help files prefer to
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	87 find a tag in a file with the same language as the
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	88 current file. See \|help-translated\|.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	89
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	90 :helpg :helpgrep
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	91 :helpg[rep] {pattern}[@xx]
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	92 Search all help text files and make a list of lines
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	93 in which {pattern} matches. Jumps to the first match.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	94 The optional [@xx] specifies that only matches in the
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	95 "xx" language are to be found.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	96 You can navigate through the matches with the
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	97 \|quickfix\| commands, e.g., \|:cnext\| to jump to the
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	98 next one. Or use \|:cwindow\| to get the list of
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	99 matches in the quickfix window.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	100 {pattern} is used as a Vim regexp \|pattern\|.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	101 'ignorecase' is not used, add "\c" to ignore case.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	102 Example for case sensitive search: >
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	103 :helpgrep Uganda
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	104 < Example for case ignoring search: >
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	105 :helpgrep uganda\c
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	106 < Example for searching in French help: >
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	107 :helpgrep backspace@fr
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	108 < The pattern does not support line breaks, it must
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	109 match within one line. You can use \|:grep\| instead,
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	110 but then you need to get the list of help files in a
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	111 complicated way.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	112 Cannot be followed by another command, everything is
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	113 used as part of the pattern. But you can use
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	114 \|:execute\| when needed.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	115 Compressed help files will not be searched (Fedora
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	116 compresses the help files).
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	117 {not in Vi}
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	118
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	119 :lh :lhelpgrep
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	120 :lh[elpgrep] {pattern}[@xx]
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	121 Same as ":helpgrep", except the location list is used
2267 c08f91142c41 Crypt the swapfile. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2249 diff changeset	122 instead of the quickfix list. If the help window is
2246 1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	123 already opened, then the location list for that window
2267 c08f91142c41 Crypt the swapfile. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2249 diff changeset	124 is used. Otherwise, a new help window is opened and
2246 1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	125 the location list for that window is set. The
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	126 location list for the current window is not changed.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	127
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	128 :exu :exusage
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	129 :exu[sage] Show help on Ex commands. Added to simulate the Nvi
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	130 command. {not in Vi}
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	131
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	132 :viu :viusage
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	133 :viu[sage] Show help on Normal mode commands. Added to simulate
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	134 the Nvi command. {not in Vi}
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	135
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	136 When no argument is given to \|:help\| the file given with the 'helpfile' option
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	137 will be opened. Otherwise the specified tag is searched for in all "doc/tags"
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	138 files in the directories specified in the 'runtimepath' option.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	139
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	140 The initial height of the help window can be set with the 'helpheight' option
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	141 (default 20).
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	142
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	143 Jump to specific subjects by using tags. This can be done in two ways:
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	144 - Use the "CTRL-]" command while standing on the name of a command or option.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	145 This only works when the tag is a keyword. "<C-Leftmouse>" and
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	146 "g<LeftMouse>" work just like "CTRL-]".
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	147 - use the ":ta {subject}" command. This also works with non-keyword
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	148 characters.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	149
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	150 Use CTRL-T or CTRL-O to jump back.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	151 Use ":q" to close the help window.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	152
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	153 If there are several matches for an item you are looking for, this is how you
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	154 can jump to each one of them:
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	155 1. Open a help window
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	156 2. Use the ":tag" command with a slash prepended to the tag. E.g.: >
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	157 :tag /min
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	158 3. Use ":tnext" to jump to the next matching tag.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	159
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	160 It is possible to add help files for plugins and other items. You don't need
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	161 to change the distributed help files for that. See \|add-local-help\|.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	162
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	163 To write a local help file, see \|write-local-help\|.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	164
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	165 Note that the title lines from the local help files are automagically added to
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	166 the "LOCAL ADDITIONS" section in the "help.txt" help file \|local-additions\|.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	167 This is done when viewing the file in Vim, the file itself is not changed. It
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	168 is done by going through all help files and obtaining the first line of each
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	169 file. The files in $VIMRUNTIME/doc are skipped.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	170
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	171 help-xterm-window
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	172 If you want to have the help in another xterm window, you could use this
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	173 command: >
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	174 :!xterm -e vim +help &
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	175 <
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	176
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	177 :helpfind :helpf
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	178 :helpf[ind] Like \|:help\|, but use a dialog to enter the argument.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	179 Only for backwards compatibility. It now executes the
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	180 ToolBar.FindHelp menu entry instead of using a builtin
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	181 dialog. {only when compiled with \|+GUI_GTK\|}
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	182 < {not in Vi}
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	183
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	184 :helpt :helptags
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	185 E154 E150 E151 E152 E153 E670
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	186 :helpt[ags] [++t] {dir}
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	187 Generate the help tags file(s) for directory {dir}.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	188 All ".txt" and ".??x" files in the directory are
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	189 scanned for a help tag definition in between stars.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	190 The "*.??x" files are for translated docs, they
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	191 generate the "tags-??" file, see \|help-translated\|.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	192 The generated tags files are sorted.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	193 When there are duplicates an error message is given.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	194 An existing tags file is silently overwritten.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	195 The optional "++t" argument forces adding the
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	196 "help-tags" tag. This is also done when the {dir} is
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	197 equal to $VIMRUNTIME/doc.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	198 To rebuild the help tags in the runtime directory
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	199 (requires write permission there): >
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	200 :helptags $VIMRUNTIME/doc
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	201 < {not in Vi}
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	202
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	203
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	204 ==============================================================================
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	205 2. Translated help files help-translated
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	206
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	207 It is possible to add translated help files, next to the original English help
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	208 files. Vim will search for all help in "doc" directories in 'runtimepath'.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	209 This is only available when compiled with the \|+multi_lang\| feature.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	210
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	211 At this moment translations are available for:
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	212 Chinese - multiple authors
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	213 French - translated by David Blanchet
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	214 Italian - translated by Antonio Colombo
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	215 Polish - translated by Mikolaj Machowski
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	216 Russian - translated by Vassily Ragosin
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	217 See the Vim website to find them: http://www.vim.org/translations.php
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	218
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	219 A set of translated help files consists of these files:
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	220
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	221 help.abx
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	222 howto.abx
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	223 ...
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	224 tags-ab
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	225
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	226 "ab" is the two-letter language code. Thus for Italian the names are:
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	227
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	228 help.itx
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	229 howto.itx
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	230 ...
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	231 tags-it
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	232
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	233 The 'helplang' option can be set to the preferred language(s). The default is
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	234 set according to the environment. Vim will first try to find a matching tag
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	235 in the preferred language(s). English is used when it cannot be found.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	236
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	237 To find a tag in a specific language, append "@ab" to a tag, where "ab" is the
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	238 two-letter language code. Example: >
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	239 :he user-manual@it
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	240 :he user-manual@en
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	241 The first one finds the Italian user manual, even when 'helplang' is empty.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	242 The second one finds the English user manual, even when 'helplang' is set to
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	243 "it".
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	244
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	245 When using command-line completion for the ":help" command, the "@en"
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	246 extension is only shown when a tag exists for multiple languages. When the
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	247 tag only exists for English "@en" is omitted.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	248
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	249 When using \|CTRL-]\| or ":help!" in a non-English help file Vim will try to
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	250 find the tag in the same language. If not found then 'helplang' will be used
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	251 to select a language.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	252
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	253 Help files must use latin1 or utf-8 encoding. Vim assumes the encoding is
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	254 utf-8 when finding non-ASCII characters in the first line. Thus you must
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	255 translate the header with "For Vim version".
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	256
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	257 The same encoding must be used for the help files of one language in one
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	258 directory. You can use a different encoding for different languages and use
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	259 a different encoding for help files of the same language but in a different
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	260 directory.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	261
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	262 Hints for translators:
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	263 - Do not translate the tags. This makes it possible to use 'helplang' to
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	264 specify the preferred language. You may add new tags in your language.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	265 - When you do not translate a part of a file, add tags to the English version,
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	266 using the "tag@en" notation.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	267 - Make a package with all the files and the tags file available for download.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	268 Users can drop it in one of the "doc" directories and start use it.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	269 Report this to Bram, so that he can add a link on www.vim.org.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	270 - Use the \|:helptags\| command to generate the tags files. It will find all
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	271 languages in the specified directory.
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	272
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	273 ==============================================================================
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	274 3. Writing help files help-writing
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	275
2249 6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	276 For ease of use, a Vim help file for a plugin should follow the format of the
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	277 standard Vim help files. If you are writing a new help file it's best to copy
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	278 one of the existing files and use it as a template.
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	279
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	280 The first line in a help file should have the following format:
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6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	282 helpfile_name.txt For Vim version 7.3 Last change: 2010 June 4
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	283
2267 c08f91142c41 Crypt the swapfile. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2249 diff changeset	284 The first field is a link to the help file name. The second field describes
c08f91142c41 Crypt the swapfile. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2249 diff changeset	285 the applicable Vim version. The last field specifies the last modification
c08f91142c41 Crypt the swapfile. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2249 diff changeset	286 date of the file. Each field is separated by a tab.
2249 6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	287
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	288 At the bottom of the help file, place a Vim modeline to set the 'textwidth'
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	289 and 'tabstop' options and the 'filetype' to 'help'. Never set a global option
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	290 in such a modeline, that can have consequences undesired by whoever reads that
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	291 help.
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	292
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	293
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	294 TAGS
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	295
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	296 To define a help tag, place the name between asterisks (tag-name). The
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	297 tag-name should be different from all the Vim help tag names and ideally
2267 c08f91142c41 Crypt the swapfile. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2249 diff changeset	298 should begin with the name of the Vim plugin. The tag name is usually right
2249 6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	299 aligned on a line.
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	300
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	301 When referring to an existing help tag and to create a hot-link, place the
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	302 name between two bars (\|) eg. \|help-writing\|.
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	303
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	304 When referring to a Vim option in the help file, place the option name between
2267 c08f91142c41 Crypt the swapfile. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2249 diff changeset	305 two single quotes, eg. 'statusline'
2249 6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	306
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	307
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	308 HIGHLIGHTING
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	309
2267 c08f91142c41 Crypt the swapfile. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2249 diff changeset	310 To define a column heading, use a tilde character at the end of the line.
c08f91142c41 Crypt the swapfile. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2249 diff changeset	311 This will highlight the column heading in a different color. E.g.
2249 6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	312
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	313 Column heading~
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	314
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	315 To separate sections in a help file, place a series of '=' characters in a
2267 c08f91142c41 Crypt the swapfile. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2249 diff changeset	316 line starting from the first column. The section separator line is highlighted
2249 6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	317 differently.
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	318
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	319 To quote a block of ex-commands verbatim, place a greater than (>) character
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	320 at the end of the line before the block and a less than (<) character as the
2267 c08f91142c41 Crypt the swapfile. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2249 diff changeset	321 first non-blank on a line following the block. Any line starting in column 1
2249 6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	322 also implicitly stops the block of ex-commands before it. E.g. >
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	323 function Example_Func()
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	324 echo "Example"
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	325 endfunction
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	326 <
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	327
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	328 The following are highlighted differently in a Vim help file:
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	329 - a special key name expressed either in <> notation as in <PageDown>, or
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	330 as a Ctrl character as in CTRL-X
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	331 - anything between {braces}, e.g. {lhs} and {rhs}
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	332
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	333 The word "Note", "Notes" and similar automagically receive distinctive
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	334 highlighting. So do these:
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	335 *Todo something to do
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	336 *Error something wrong
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	337
6d3d35ff2c2b Use full path in undofile(). Updated docs. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: 2246 diff changeset	338 You can find the details in $VIMRUNTIME/syntax/help.vim
2246 1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	339
1e48f569b03d Move text from various.txt to a new helphelp.txt help file. Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org> parents: diff changeset	340 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl:

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