$Revision: 1.6 $
$Id: README,v 1.6 1998/02/19 04:58:54 shurik Exp shurik $


				VIM Reference Guide v0.4
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0. CHANGES

	o Updated to VIM 5.0x version.
	o More consistent format and better English (thanks to J.Jordaan).


1. INTRODUCTION

This is a command and feature reference guide to VIM. 
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VIM (stands for Vi IMproved) - greatly improved (over original UNIX vi) text
editor with GUI, syntax highlighting, visual mode and many more new features
you won't find in the original vi.

VIM is Charityware. Please, see VIM documentation for further details.

VIM www site: http://www.vim.org

VIM author and maintainer: Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>

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This guide is designed and typeset by Oleg Raisky using LaTeX. The text of the
guide is comprised of various VIM documentation files, sometimes modified for
better consistency with overall style of the guide. 

*NOTE*: this is NOT a complete user guide or tutorial. The only purpose of this
guide is to give VIM user a quick and handy reference. 


2.	FILES

You should find the following files in the tar file:

	1. vimguide-5.0x-letter.ps or vimguide-5.0x-a4.ps - PostScript source file. 
   	2. Makefile 
	3. README - this file
	4. README.booklet - how to make a booklet out of (almost) any 
						PostScript file.

3.	REQUIREMENTS

You no longer need "psutils" package to make double-side 2-pages-on-1 booklet.
It's already done. Only if you want to extract even and odd pages you will
need "psselect" from that package.

Here are some web links you may find useful. Also, check my VIM page.

psutils (UNIX):
	
	http://www.cdrom.com/pub/tex/ctan/help/Catalogue/ctp.html#psutils

psutils (Win'95/NT) (this is a part of Web2c TeX distribution):
	
	http://www.cdrom.com/pub/tex/ctan/help/Catalogue/ctw.html#web2c-win32


*NOTE* for Win'95/NT users: you will also need a port of GNU ghostscript
package in order to print on non-PostScript printer. Should be able to find
elsewhere.


4. 	PRINTING


a. For DUPLEX printers:
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Just send it to print.



b. For non-DUPLEX printers:
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Use supplied Makefile.

make will produce 3 files - 
	
	1. "pages-odd.ps"  - odd only pages
	2. "pages-even.ps" - even only pages
	3. "pages-evenR.ps"- even only pages in Reverse order

or

	1. "pages-odd_a4.ps"  - odd only pages
	2. "pages-even_a4.ps" - even only pages
	3. "pages-evenR_a4.ps"- even only pages in Reverse order

if you've got a4 tar file.

I can't tell for all printers but for Epson ink-jets you need first 2 files.


5. 	VIM Logo

Sometime ago I discussed this with Sven Guckes (I wanted to put some nice pic
on the title page). His suggestion was a small fox. Bram Moolenaar said that
he thought of a dragon (friendly). I am not an artist=can't draw, so if anyone
has a nice picture or some other ideas about logo, please contact me. 


Enjoy,
							
Oleg Raisky 

<olrcc@scisun.sci.ccny.cuny.edu>
http://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~olrcc/vim/
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CREDITS:

I'd like to thank everyone who sent me comments and suggestions. 
Especially Sven Guckes, who was helpful with overall design, and Jean
Jordaan, who proofread guide several times.


TO DO:

1. Convert to PDF format. 
2. Add tags description?


TRADEMARKS:

PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.  
