Vim Installation

# version, installed features, vimrc paths, and compilation switches
vim --version
:version

Help on Help

# Introduction to Vim
:h intro

# Help Table of Contents
# help.txt
:h

# Help on Help
# helphelp.txt (not `help.txt`)
:h help

# User's Manual Table of Contents
:h user

# 'Finding Help' topic in User's Manual 
:h 02.8

# Help 'How To'
:h help-summary

# Help Context
:h help-context

# Help Conventions and key sequences
:h key-notation

# All commands by mode
# index.txt
:h index

# Quick Reference
# quickref.txt
:h quickref

# Scroll quick reference topic
:h Q_sc

# List Matching Help Topics
:h map<C-d>

#Note, no space between `map` and `<C-d>` above.

Vim Modal Commands Help

# CTRL-R in Insert Mode - \<C-r\>
:h i_ctrl-r
:h i^r

# CTRL-D in Command Mode - \<C-d\>
:h c_ctrl-d
:h c^d

# c command - normal mode
:h c

# :c command - command mode
:h change
:h :c
:h :change

Vim Options Help

# List all Vim options
h: option-list

# Options buffer
:options

Registers Help

# Expression Register - "=
:h "=

Tutorials

:h tutor

Other Resources