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 help documentation

Vim references, tutorials, guides

Seven habits of effective text editing by Bram Moolenaar (2000)
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

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+==Building or downloading Vim==
-==Vim User Pages==
+*[[Building Vim]] overview, with links for more information, on how to build Vim (download source and compile)
-*Thomer M. Gil's website http://thomer.com/vi/vi.html is a must-read for Vimmers. Has good links to further resources.
+*[[Where to download Vim]] how to download Vim to run on your system without building
-*[[User:Luc Hermitte|Luc Hermitte]]'s website http://hermitte.free.fr/vim/ has many plugins, ftplugins (mainly for C and C++), library plugins, etc, and of course the traditional .vimrc.
-*http://stripey.com/vim
-*zzappers VimTips are at http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/vimtips.html
-==Imported 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.naglenet.org/vim/vim.html Adrian's Vim Page]
-*[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
-*www vi-improved org/wiki ''by Robert Melton'' (the link has been obfuscated as this wiki has spam &ndash; see its recent changes)
-==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]
 ==Vim FAQ==
-*[http://www.geocities.com/yegappan/vim_faq.txt Vim FAQ in plain text]
+*[http://vimhelp.appspot.com/vim_faq.txt.html Vim FAQ in html]
-*[http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/vimfaq.html Vim FAQ in html]
+*[http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3298 Vim FAQ as plugin/help file]
+*[[VimTip1172|Our tip on using the Vim FAQ]]
+==Vim help documentation==
-See our tip on [[VimTip1172|using the Vim FAQ]].
+*[[VimTip882|Our tips for using Vim's help]]
+*[http://vimhelp.appspot.com/ Up-to-date online mirror of Vim help]
-==Vim books==
+*[http://www.eandem.co.uk/mrw/vim/usr_doc/index.html Vim 7.4 help as printable PDF and PS]
-See [http://iccf-holland.org/click5.html ICCF Holland (maintained by Vim's author, Bram Moolenaar)] for information about books on Vim.
+*[http://nathangrigg.net/2013/09/reproducing-vim-help-as-a-fully-cross-referenced-pdf/ Vim help as a fully cross-referenced PDF] (pdf [http://nathangrigg.net/vimhelp/ here] and script [https://github.com/nathangrigg/vimhelppdf here]).
-Additional information:
-*[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://simpletutorials.com/?path=tutorials/vim A simple Vim reference (good for beginners)]
-*[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.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial.html Keyboard cheat sheet and tutorial] excellent for learning the essential commands
-*[http://simpletutorials.com/vim/index.php 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://utools.com/vimrefcard.pdf Vim reference card, by command (pdf)]
 *[http://ls10-www.cs.uni-dortmund.de/~menge/vimquick.pdf Vim reference card, by functionality (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]
+*[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://linux.vsevteme.ru/attachments/show?content=19936 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
+==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]
-===Lisp===
+===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]]