| .TH VIMTUTOR 1 "2001 April 2" |
| .SH NAME |
| vimtutor \- the Vim tutor |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .br |
| .B vimtutor [language] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B Vimtutor |
| starts the |
| .B Vim |
| tutor. |
| It copies the tutor file first, so that it can be modified without changing |
| the original file. |
| .PP |
| The |
| .B Vimtutor |
| is useful for people that want to learn their first |
| .B Vim |
| commands. |
| .PP |
| 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. |
| .PP |
| .B Vim |
| is always started in Vi compatible mode. |
| .SH FILES |
| .TP 15 |
| /usr/local/lib/vim/tutor/tutor[.language] |
| The |
| .B Vimtutor |
| text file(s). |
| .TP 15 |
| /usr/local/lib/vim/tutor/tutor.vim |
| The Vim script used to copy the |
| .B Vimtutor |
| text file. |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| The |
| .B 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. |
| .br |
| It was modified for |
| .B Vim |
| by Bram Moolenaar. |
| For the names of the translators see the tutor files. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| vim(1) |