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Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date: Tue Jan 1 15:32:17 2019 +0100
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--- a/runtime/doc/intro.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/intro.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*intro.txt* For Vim version 8.1. Last change: 2018 Jan 24 +*intro.txt* For Vim version 8.1. Last change: 2019 Jan 01 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -52,29 +52,11 @@ an introduction to the use of Vi or Vim, there. For beginners, there is a hands-on |tutor|. To learn using Vim, read the user manual |usr_toc.txt|. - *book* -There are many books on Vi that contain a section for beginners. There are -two books I can recommend: - - "Vim - Vi Improved" by Steve Oualline - -This is the very first book completely dedicated to Vim. It is very good for -beginners. The most often used commands are explained with pictures and -examples. The less often used commands are also explained, the more advanced -features are summarized. There is a comprehensive index and a quick -reference. Parts of this book have been included in the user manual -|frombook|. -Published by New Riders Publishing. ISBN: 0735710015 -For more information try one of these: - http://iccf-holland.org/click5.html - http://www.vim.org/iccf/click5.html - - "Learning the Vi editor" by Linda Lamb and Arnold Robbins - -This is a book about Vi that includes a chapter on Vim (in the sixth edition). -The first steps in Vi are explained very well. The commands that Vim adds are -only briefly mentioned. There is also a German translation. -Published by O'Reilly. ISBN: 1-56592-426-6. + *book* *books* +Most books on Vi and Vim contain a section for beginners. Others are spending +more words on specific functionality. You can find an overview of Vim books +here: + http://iccf-holland.org/vim_books.html ============================================================================== 2. Vim on the internet *internet* @@ -84,9 +66,9 @@ The Vim pages contain the most recent in contain links to the most recent version of Vim. The FAQ is a list of Frequently Asked Questions. Read this if you have problems. - Vim home page: http://www.vim.org/ - Vim FAQ: http://vimdoc.sf.net/ - Downloading: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/MIRRORS + Vim home page: https://www.vim.org/ + Vim FAQ: https://vimhelp.appspot.com/vim_faq.txt.html + Downloading: https://www.vim.org/download.php Usenet News group where Vim is discussed: *news* *usenet* @@ -114,10 +96,12 @@ There are several mailing lists for Vim: See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php for the latest information. NOTE: +- Anyone can see the archive, e.g. on Google groups. Search this if you have + questions. - You can only send messages to these lists if you have subscribed! +- The first message is moderated, thus it may take a few hours to show up. - You need to send the messages from the same location as where you subscribed from (to avoid spam mail). -- Maximum message size is 40000 characters. *subscribe-maillist* If you want to join, send a message to @@ -150,7 +134,10 @@ Preferably start Vim with: > Where reproduce.vim is a script that reproduces the problem. Try different machines, if relevant (is this an MS-Windows specific bug perhaps?). -Send me patches if you can! +Send me patches if you can! If you create a pull request on +https://github.com/vim/vim then the automated checks will run and report any +obvious problems. But you can also send the patch by email (use an attachment +to avoid white space changes). It will help to include information about the version of Vim you are using and your setup. You can get the information with this command: > @@ -189,7 +176,7 @@ introduce Y2K problems, but those are no ============================================================================== 3. Credits *credits* *author* *Bram* *Moolenaar* -Most of Vim was written by Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>. +Most of Vim was created by Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>. Parts of the documentation come from several Vi manuals, written by: W.N. Joy @@ -268,6 +255,7 @@ Vim would never have become what it is n Ken Takata fixes and features Kazunobu Kuriyama GTK 3 Christian Brabandt many fixes, features, user support, etc. + Yegappan Lakshmanan many quickfix features I wish to thank all the people that sent me bug reports and suggestions. The list is too long to mention them all here. Vim would not be the same without @@ -300,6 +288,12 @@ Elvis Another Vi clone, made by Steve Ki as flexible as Vim. The version used is 2.1. It is still being developed. Source code is freely available. + *NeoVim* +NeoVim A Vim clone. Forked the Vim source in 2014 and went a different way. + Very much bound to github and has many more dependencies, making + development more complex and limiting portability. Code has been + refactored, resulting in patches not being exchangeable with Vim. + Supports a remote GUI and integration with scripting languages. ============================================================================== 4. Notation *notation*