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Could you get vim help at all? For example if you do 'vim' without file name you should get 'welcome' screen, and then if you type ":help" you should get split window with the help on top. Do have it?
rsashok, When i type vim without filename i get the welcome screen then typing :help i get:
E433: No tags file
E149: Sorry, no help for help.txt
what am i missing?..help files? which ubuntu package. But when i installed "elvis" which is a vi clone help is working well..does elvis use the same help files?..
I dont know why i cant get the vim help!..Any idea?
Could you look if you have documentation in you vim install directory: something like: /usr/share/vim/vim*/runtime/doc. If you do, then try to open "help.txt" in this directory - this should be your help file.
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