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NAME

       vimtutor - the Vim tutor

SYNOPSIS

       vimtutor [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 [language] argument is the two-letter name of a language, like "it" or "es".  If the [language] argument is missing, the lan-
       guage 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/vim62/tutor/tutor[.language]
		      The Vimtutor text file(s).

       /usr/share/vim/vim62/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)