On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 08:06:12PM EST, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > cga2000 wrote:
[..] > >2. How to use vim's help efficiently > here are a few examples; some of them use a fictional "subject": > > :help > gives you very general help. Start scrolling and you will > see a list of all known helpfiles, including those added > locally (i.e. not > distributed with Vim). > :help subject > gives you help about some subject, which can be (the list is > not exhaustive): > :help :subject > an ex-command, for instance the following: > :help :help > help on getting help > :help 'subject' > an option > :help subject() > a function > :help -subject > a command-line option > :help +subject > a compile-time feature > :help EventName > an autocommand event > :help abc > a normal-mode command > :help CTRL-B > a control key in Normal mode > :help i_abc > :help i_CTRL-B > the same in Insert mode > :help v_abc > :help v_CTRL-B > the same in Visual mode > :help c_abc > :help c_CTRL-B > the same in Command-line mode > :help user-toc.txt > table of contents of the User Manuel > :help digraphs.txt > the top of the helpfile "digraph.txt" > similarly ofr any other helpfile > :help pattern<Tab> > get a helptag matching /pattern/ > If 'wildmenu' is ON, the last one above will (if there are at least two > matches) replace the bottom statusline by a menu. Navigate with <Left> > <Right>, move up or down directory trees with <Up> <Down>, accept with > <Enter>, abort with <Esc> -- see ":help 'wildmenu'" for details > :help pattern<Ctrl-D> > see all possible matches at once > :helpgrep pattern > search the whole text of all helpfiles for the given > pattern. Results are built into a "quickfix error file" and can > be viewed > with > :cn > next match > :cprev > or > :cN > previous match > :cfirst > :clast > first or last match > :copen > :cclose > open/close the quickfix window This is beginning to make more sense. I need to xml-ize the above into a docbook table and add it to my little cheat sheet. Thanks for all the details. > But, like a dictionary or an encyclopedia, the Vim help system also lends > itself to "reading by the Montecarlo method" and to "the dictionary game": > > - Montecarlo method: start anywhere and read what you find there. Read on. > When bored, open another page at random. > - the Dictionary Game: Start by the Montecarlo method. When you see a > subject name (here anything in dark green) with which you are not familiar, > look it up (here: double-click it or hit Ctrl-] on it). Repeat until > bedtime. Or to paraphrase Marguerite Duras .. "Des journées entière dans les livres". Thanks, cga
