Neovim help files

This is an HTML version of the Neovim help pages, current as of Neovim 0.10.2. They are kept up-to-date automatically from the Neovim source repository.

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				 NVIM - help
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      Move around:  Use the cursor keys, or "h" to go left,	       h   l
		    "j" to go down, "k" to go up, "l" to go right.	 j
Close this window:  Use ":q<Enter>".
   Get out of Vim:  Use ":qa!<Enter>" (careful, all changes are lost!).

Jump to a subject:  Position the cursor on a tag (e.g. bars) and hit CTRL-].
   With the mouse:  Double-click the left mouse button on a tag, e.g. bars.
	Jump back:  Type CTRL-O.  Repeat to go further back.

Get specific help:  It is possible to go directly to whatever you want help
		    on, by giving an argument to the :help command.
		    Prepend something to specify the context:  help-context

			  WHAT			PREPEND    EXAMPLE	
		      Normal mode command		   :help x
		      Visual mode command	  v_	   :help v_u
		      Insert mode command	  i_	   :help i_<Esc>
		      Command-line command	  :	   :help :quit
		      Command-line editing	  c_	   :help c_<Del>
		      Vim command argument	  -	   :help -r
		      Option			  '	   :help 'textwidth'
		      Regular expression	  /	   :help /[
		    See help-summary for more contexts and an explanation.
		    See notation for an explanation of the help syntax.

  Search for help:  Type ":help word", then hit CTRL-D to see matching
		    help entries for "word".
		    Or use ":helpgrep word". :helpgrep

  Getting started:  Do the Vim tutor, a 30-minute interactive course for the
		    basic commands, see vimtutor.
		    Read the user manual from start to end: usr_01.txt

Vim stands for Vi IMproved.  Most of Vim was made by Bram Moolenaar, but only
through the help of many others.  See credits.

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NVIM DOCUMENTATION

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ABOUT NVIM				reference_toc doc-file-list Q_ct

news  			News since the previous release
nvim  			Transitioning from Vim
vim-differences  	Nvim compared to Vim
faq  			Frequently Asked Questions
user-manual  		User manual: How to accomplish editing tasks.
quickref  		Overview of common commands
tutor  			30-minute interactive course for beginners
copying  		About copyrights
iccf  			Helping poor children in Uganda
sponsor  		Sponsor Vim development, become a registered Vim user
www  			Vim on the World Wide Web
bugs  			Where to send bug reports
support  		Supported platforms

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GENERAL

intro  			Introduction to Vim; notation used in help files
helphelp  		Using the :help files
index  			Index of all commands
tips  			Various tips on using Vim
message.txt  		(Error) messages and explanations
uganda.txt  		Vim distribution and what to do with your money

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BASIC EDITING

starting  		Starting Vim, Vim command arguments, initialisation
edit-files  		Editing and writing files
motion.txt  		Commands for moving around
scrolling  		Scrolling the text in the window
insert.txt  		Insert and Replace mode
change.txt  		Deleting and replacing text
undo-redo  		Undo and Redo
repeat.txt  		Repeating commands, Vim scripts and debugging
visual-mode  		Using Visual mode (selecting text)
various  		Various other commands
crash-recovery  	Recovering from a crash

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ADVANCED EDITING

cmdline  		Command-line editing
options  		Description of all options
pattern-searches  	Vim regexp patterns and search commands
key-mapping  		Key mapping (shortcuts), abbreviations
tags  			Tags and special searches
windows  		Commands for using windows and buffers
tabpage  		Commands for using tabpages
spell  			Spell checking
diff  			Comparing files
folding  		Hide (fold) ranges of lines
terminal  		Embedded terminal emulator

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API (EXTENSIBILITY/SCRIPTING/PLUGINS)

api  			Nvim API via RPC, Lua and Vimscript
ui  			Nvim UI protocol
lua-guide  		Nvim Lua guide
lua  			Lua API
luaref  		Lua reference manual
luvref  		Luv (vim.uv) reference manual
autocmd  		Event handlers
job-control  		Spawn and control multiple processes
channel  		Nvim asynchronous IO
vimscript  		Vimscript reference
vimscript-functions  	Vimscript functions
testing.txt  		Vimscript testing functions
remote-plugin  		Nvim remote plugins

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PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE SUPPORT

lsp  			Language Server Protocol (LSP)
diagnostic-api  	Diagnostic framework
treesitter  		Incremental syntax parsing
indent.txt  		automatic indenting for C and other languages
syntax  		syntax highlighting
filetype  		Settings for specific types of files
quickfix  		Commands for a quick edit-compile-fix cycle
ft_ada.txt  		Ada filetype plugin
ft_ps1.txt  		PowerShell filetype plugin
ft_raku.txt  		Raku filetype plugin
ft_rust.txt  		Rust filetype plugin
ft_sql.txt  		SQL filetype plugin

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UI

tui  			Builtin UI
gui  			External (graphical) UIs
signs  			Signs displayed as window decorations (the "gutter")

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LANGUAGE SUPPORT

digraph  		List of available digraphs
mbyte.txt  		Multibyte text support
mlang.txt  		Non-English language support
rileft.txt  		Right-to-left editing mode
arabic.txt  		Arabic language support and editing
hebrew.txt  		Hebrew language support and editing
russian.txt  		Russian language support and editing

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INTEROP

provider  		Builtin remote plugin hosts
if_perl  		Perl interface
if_pyth  		Python interface
if_ruby  		Ruby interface

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VERSIONS

deprecated  		Deprecated features that will be removed
vi-differences  	Differences between Vim and Vi

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DEVELOPING NVIM

dev  			Development of Nvim
dev-style  		Development style guidelines
dev-theme  		Design guidelines (colorschemes etc.)
dev-tools  		Tools and techniques for developing Nvim
dev-vimpatch  		Merging patches from Vim

Standard plugins 
						standard-plugin-list
pi_gzip.txt  		Reading and writing compressed files
pi_health.txt  		Healthcheck framework
pi_msgpack.txt  	msgpack utilities
pi_netrw.txt  		Reading and writing files over a network
pi_paren.txt  		Highlight matching parens
pi_spec.txt  		Filetype plugin to work with rpm spec files
pi_tar.txt  		Tar file explorer
pi_zip.txt  		Zip archive explorer

Local additions 
							local-additions
matchit.txt       Extended "%" matching

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bars  		Bars example

Now that you've jumped here with CTRL-] or a double mouse click, you can use
CTRL-T, CTRL-O, g<RightMouse>, or <C-RightMouse> to go back to where you were.

Note that tags are within | characters, but when highlighting is enabled these
characters are hidden.  That makes it easier to read a command.

You can use CTRL-] on any word (even if it is not within "|") and Nvim will
try to find help for it.  Especially for options in single quotes, e.g.
'hlsearch'.

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