Vim editing

• starting points within the documentation:
  • help.txt
  • quickref.txt
  • usr_toc.txt
  • intro.txt
  • index.txt
  • howto.txt
• list of keys
• list of modes
• list of options

Vimscript / VimL / Ex commands

• syntax
  • variable types
  • variable scope [2]
    • buffer-local options and mappings
  • control structures — if/else, for loops, while loops, try/catch [2]
• list of builtins:
  • builtin commands
  • builtin variables
  • builtin functions [2]
• eval-like commands
  • :execute — eval a Vimscript command
  • :normal — eval a string as if it were typed in normal-mode [2]

Vim's relationship with other things

• command-line arguments, when starting Vim
• man page