NAME

       vimtutor - the Vim tutor

SYNOPSIS

       vimtutor [-g] [language]

DESCRIPTION

       Vimtutor  starts  the  Vim  tutor.   It  copies  the tutor file first, so that it can be modified without
       changing the original file.

       The Vimtutor is useful for people that want to learn their first Vim commands.

       The optional argument -g starts vimtutor with gvim rather  than  vim,  if  the  GUI  version  of  vim  is
       available, or falls back to Vim if gvim is not found.

       The  optional  [language]  argument  is  the  two-letter  name  of a language, like "it" or "es".  If the
       [language] argument is missing, the language of the current locale will be used.   If  a  tutor  in  this
       language is available, it will be used.  Otherwise the English version will be used.

       Vim is always started in Vi compatible mode.

FILES

       /usr/share/vim/vim80/tutor/tutor[.language]
                      The Vimtutor text file(s).

       /usr/share/vim/vim80/tutor/tutor.vim
                      The Vim script used to copy the Vimtutor text file.

AUTHOR

       The  Vimtutor  was  originally written for Vi by Michael C. Pierce and Robert K. Ware, Colorado School of
       Mines   using   ideas   supplied   by   Charles    Smith,    Colorado    State    University.     E-mail:
       bware@mines.colorado.edu.
       It was modified for Vim by Bram Moolenaar.  For the names of the translators see the tutor files.

SEE ALSO

       vim(1)

                                                  2001 April 2                                       VIMTUTOR(1)