NAME

       vimtutor - the Vim tutor

SYNOPSIS

       vimtutor [-l | --language ISO639] [-c | --chapter NUMBER] [-g | --gui] [ISO639]
       vimtutor [-h | --help]
       vimtutor [--list]

DESCRIPTION

       Vimtutor starts the Vim tutor.

       The  Vimtutor  is  useful  for  people  that  want to learn their first Vim commands.  The
       optional [language] argument is the two-letter name of a language, like "it" or "es".

       Vimtutor only opens temporary copies of the original tutor files, there is  no  danger  of
       overwriting the lessons.

       Vim is always started in Vi compatible mode.

OPTIONS

       -l, --language=ISO639
              Set  the  two  or  three  letter language code. E.g. 'it', 'es', 'bar'. Defaults to
              language of locale if available, else to English.

       -c, --chapter=NUMBER
              Set the chapter number. Defaults to chapter one.

       -g, --gui
              Start vimtutor in the GUI version  of  vim  if  available,  otherwise  fallback  to
              console vim.

       -h, --help
              Display usage information.

       --list Display chapters and languages.

EXAMPLES

       To start vimtutor in German on chapter one:

              vimtutor de

       In English on chapter two:

              vimtutor -c2

       Longform command for Bavarian in the GUI on chapter one:

              vimtutor --language bar --chapter 1 --gui

FILES

       /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/tutor/tutor[.language]
                      The Vimtutor chapter one text file(s).

       /usr/local/share/vim/vim??/tutor/tutor2[.language]
                      The Vimtutor chapter two text file(s).

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

AUTHOR

       The  Vi  Tutorial  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 (now invalid).

       Modified for Vim by Bram Moolenaar.

       Translation contributors are listed in the tutor files.

SEE ALSO

       vim(1)

                                         2024 November 04                             VIMTUTOR(1)