Showing posts with label help. Show all posts
Showing posts with label help. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Right Help, Right Mode

Vim's help system is incredibly comprehensive and dare I say, "kick ass". One thing that initially frustrated me though was that searching for a keystroke (i.e., :help ctrl-p) would always return the documentation for normal mode. You can search help for any mode by prepending an identifier to your query (:help i_ctrl-p) would display documentation for ctrl-p from insert mode. (:help v_ctrl-c) would explain ctrl-c from visual mode. Also, remember you can tab-complete help to make finding the right document easier.