Changes: Vim documentation

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Building or downloading Vim

Building Vim overview, with links for more information, on how to build Vim (download source and compile)
Where to download Vim how to download Vim to run on your system without building

Vim FAQ

Vim references, tutorials, guides

Seven habits of effective text editing by Bram Moolenaar (2000)
Our tips for using Vim's help
Printable PS and PDF versions of the Vim 7.3 User Manual
A simple Vim reference (good for beginners)
Keyboard cheat sheet and tutorial excellent for learning the essential commands
Vim reference card, by command (pdf)
Vim reference card, by functionality (pdf)
Vim reference card, by functionality (tex)
Vim quick reference card (various formats and languages)
Purchase a Vim reference coffee mug
A slightly advanced Introduction to Vim in Linux Gazette, provides an easy walkthrough for basic and intermediate Vim use
Screencast Vim tutorials by Derek Wyatt walking through some simple concepts as well as more advanced topics and plugin demonstrations
Vim scripting from ibm.com
Vimcasts is a site with excellent screencasts about Vim
Scripting the Vim Editor by Damian Conway

Vim books

Information about books on Vim maintained by Vim's author, Bram Moolenaar, ICCF Holland
Vim for Writers CC-licensed guide to Vim, (HTML, PDF), 2009
Vim Recipes CC-licensed cookbook, (HTML, PDF), 2009
A Byte of Vim by Swaroop C H CC-licensed ebook, (book, HTML, PDF), 2008
The Vim book by Steve Oualline, New Riders, (PDF), 2001
Errata for The Vim book maintained by Bram Moolenaar
Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought by Drew Neil, The Pragmatic Bookshelf, (book, PDF), 2012

Vim sites

David Rayner (zzapper) has the Best of Vim Tips list.
Luc Hermitte's Vim macros site has many plugins, ftplugins (mainly for C and C++), and more.
Robert Melton's home for the #VIM Freenode channel with Vim information.
Vim Regular Expessions 101
Up-to-date online mirror of the Vim help

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+==Building or downloading Vim==
-==Vim sites==
+*[[Building Vim]] overview, with links for more information, on how to build Vim (download source and compile)
-*Robert Melton's [http://vi-improved.org/ home for the #VIM Freenode channel] with Vim information.
+*[[Where to download Vim]] how to download Vim to run on your system without building
-*[[User:Luc Hermitte|Luc Hermitte]]'s [http://hermitte.free.fr/vim/ Vim macros site] has many plugins, ftplugins (mainly for C and C++), and more.
-*Stripey's [http://stripey.com/vim Vim Help] has useful tips.
-*David Rayner (zzapper) has ''the'' [http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/vimtips.html Best of Vim Tips] list.
-*Thomer M. Gil's [http://thomer.com/vi/vi.html Vi Lovers Home Page] has background information for vi and its clones, including Vim, with useful links.
-====From the [http://u.webring.com/hub?ring=vim Vim Webring]====
-*[http://freenet-homepage.de/schuttvim Vim for MS Access, VB and SQL]
-*[http://www.geocities.com/volontir Vim Regular Expessions 101]
-*[http://lanzarotta.tripod.com/vim.html Jeff Lanzarotta's Vim Page]
-====Other Vim wikis====
-*http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Vim_Tipbook
-*http://wiki.macvim.org
-====Vim tips on other sites====
-*[http://amix.dk/blog/viewEntry/159 Workspace efficiency]
-*[http://amix.dk/blog/viewEntry/160 Search don't scroll]
-*[http://amix.dk/blog/viewEntry/162 Taming your Vim config]
-*[http://amix.dk/vim/vimrc.html My commented 800-line vimrc]
-*[http://sanjeev-oracle-world.blogspot.com/ Settings in vimrc and scripts for PL/SQL coding]
-*[http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2008/12/vi-and-vim-editor-3-steps-to-enable-thesaurus-option/ Enable thesaurus option]
-*[http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/03/8-essential-vim-editor-navigation-fundamentals/ vim editor navigation fundamentals]
-*[http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/03/3-powerful-musketeers-of-vim-editor-macro-mark-and-map/ 3 powerful Ms macro mark map ]
-*[http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/02/make-vim-as-your-bash-ide-using-bash-support-plugin/ make vim as your bash ide ]
-*[http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/01/tutorial-make-vim-as-your-cc-ide-using-cvim-plugin/ make vim as your c ide ]
-*[http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/02/how-to-add-bookmarks-inside-vi-and-vim-editor/ add bookmarks inside vi and vim editor ]
-*[http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/01/vi-and-vim-editor-5-awesome-examples-for-automatic-word-completion-using-ctrl-x-magic/ ctrl-x-magics ]
-====Vim FAQ====
-*[http://www.geocities.com/yegappan/vim_faq.txt Vim FAQ in plain text]
-*[http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/vimfaq.html Vim FAQ in html]
-See our tip on [[VimTip1172|using the Vim FAQ]].
-==Vim books==
-See [http://iccf-holland.org/click5.html ICCF Holland (maintained by Vim's author, Bram Moolenaar)] for information about books on Vim.
+==Vim FAQ==
-Additional information:
+*[http://vimhelp.appspot.com/vim_faq.txt.html Vim FAQ in html]
-*[http://vim.runpaint.org/ ''Vim Recipes''] - Free, CC-licensed cookbook in PDF and HTML, 2009.
+*[http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3298 Vim FAQ as plugin/help file]
-*[http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Vim ''A Byte of Vim'' by Swaroop C H] Creative-Commons licensed ebook, 2008
+*Our tip on [[VimTip1172|using the Vim FAQ]]
-*[http://www.truth.sk/vim/vimbook-OPL.pdf ''The Vim book'' by Steve Oualline, New Riders 2001 (pdf)]
-*[http://www.moolenaar.net/vim_errata.html Bram Moolenaar's ''The Vim book'' errata]
 ==Vim references, tutorials, guides==
 *[http://web.archive.org/web/20070814184957/http://www.moolenaar.net/habits.html Seven habits of effective text editing] by Bram Moolenaar (2000)
 *[[VimTip882|Our tips for using Vim's help]]
-*[http://www.eandem.co.uk/mrw/vim/usr_doc/index.html Printable PS and PDF versions of the Vim 7.2 User Manual]
+*[http://www.eandem.co.uk/mrw/vim/usr_doc/index.html Printable PS and PDF versions of the Vim 7.3 User Manual]
-*[http://simpletutorials.com/vim/index.php A simple Vim reference (good for beginners)]
+*[http://simpletutorials.com/?path=tutorials/vim A simple Vim reference (good for beginners)]
-*[http://psy.swan.ac.uk/staff/carter/unix/ How-to explanations of various tasks; search and replace; vimrc; general tips; guide on writing an indent script]
-*[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Learning_the_vi_editor/Vim Wikibook on Vim]
 *[http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial.html Keyboard cheat sheet and tutorial] excellent for learning the essential commands
 *[http://utools.com/vimrefcard.pdf Vim reference card, by command (pdf)]
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 *[http://www.cafepress.com/vimrefmug Purchase a Vim reference coffee mug]
 *[http://linuxgazette.net/152/srinivasan.html A slightly advanced Introduction to Vim] in Linux Gazette, provides an easy walkthrough for basic and intermediate Vim use
+*[http://www.derekwyatt.org/vim/vim-tutorial-videos/ Screencast Vim tutorials by Derek Wyatt] walking through some simple concepts as well as more advanced topics and plugin demonstrations
+*[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-vim-script-1/ Vim scripting] from ibm.com
+*[http://www.vimcasts.org Vimcasts] is a site with excellent screencasts about Vim
+*[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-vim-script-1/ Scripting the Vim Editor] by Damian Conway
-====Max OS X====
+==Vim books==
+*[http://iccf-holland.org/click5.html Information about books on Vim] maintained by Vim's author, Bram Moolenaar, ICCF Holland
-*[http://teti.ch/share/cocovim.php Using ctags, ObjectiveC, Cocoa (OpenStep) syntax file] [Original link broken |  [http://web.archive.org/web/20080121004128/http://teti.ch/share/cocovim.php Archive]]
+*[http://therandymon.com/index.php?/195-Woodnotes-Guide-to-Vim-for-Writers.html ''Vim for Writers''] CC-licensed guide to Vim, (HTML, PDF), 2009
+*[http://vim.runpaint.org/ ''Vim Recipes''] CC-licensed cookbook, (HTML, PDF), 2009
+*[http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Vim ''A Byte of Vim'' by Swaroop C H] CC-licensed ebook, (book, HTML, PDF), 2008
+*[http://www.truth.sk/vim/vimbook-OPL.pdf ''The Vim book''] by Steve Oualline, New Riders, (PDF), 2001
+*[http://www.moolenaar.net/vim_errata.html Errata for ''The Vim book''] maintained by Bram Moolenaar
+*[http://pragprog.com/book/dnvim/practical-vim ''Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought''] by Drew Neil, The Pragmatic Bookshelf, (book, PDF), 2012
+[[Category:VimInformation]]
-====Lisp====
+==Vim sites==
+*David Rayner (zzapper) has ''the'' [http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/vimtips.html Best of Vim Tips] list.
+*Luc Hermitte's [http://hermitte.free.fr/vim/ Vim macros site] has many plugins, ftplugins (mainly for C and C++), and more.
+*Robert Melton's [http://vi-improved.org/ home for the #VIM Freenode channel] with Vim information.
+*[http://vimregex.com/ Vim Regular Expessions 101]
+*Up-to-date online mirror of the [http://vimhelp.appspot.com/ Vim help]
+===Vim tips on other sites===
+*[http://amix.dk/blog/viewEntry/159 Workspace efficiency]
+*[http://amix.dk/blog/viewEntry/160 Search don't scroll]
+*[http://amix.dk/blog/viewEntry/162 Taming your Vim config]
+*[http://amix.dk/vim/vimrc.html My commented 800-line vimrc]
+*[http://sanjeev-oracle-world.blogspot.com/ Settings in vimrc and scripts for PL/SQL coding]
+*[http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2008/12/vi-and-vim-editor-3-steps-to-enable-thesaurus-option/ Enable thesaurus option]
+*[http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/03/8-essential-vim-editor-navigation-fundamentals/ Vim navigation fundamentals]
+*[http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/03/3-powerful-musketeers-of-vim-editor-macro-mark-and-map/ 3 powerful Ms macro mark map]
+*[http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/02/make-vim-as-your-bash-ide-using-bash-support-plugin/ Using Vim as your bash ide]
+*[http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/01/tutorial-make-vim-as-your-cc-ide-using-cvim-plugin/ Using Vim as your C ide]
+*[http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/01/vi-and-vim-editor-5-awesome-examples-for-automatic-word-completion-using-ctrl-x-magic/ Ctrl-x-magics]
 *[http://cybertiggyr.com/gene/15-vim/ Tips for writing Lisp code]
 ==See also==
 *[[Vim scripts]]
-==Comments==
 [[Category:VimInformation]]