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diff --git a/debian/tiny/doc/help.txt b/debian/tiny/doc/help.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..49970b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/tiny/doc/help.txt @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +*help.txt* Vim + + VIM - fake help file for vim-tiny + +The Vim online help is not installed on this Debian GNU/Linux system. + +WHY ? + +Because only the "vim-tiny" package is installed, whose sole purpose is to +provide the vi command for base installations. As such, it contains a minimal +version of Vim compiled with no graphical user interface and a small subset of +features, in order to keep the package size small. + +Since the "vim-runtime" package is rather huge when compared to "vim-tiny", +installing the latter does not automatically install the former. + +HOW TO GET A BETTER VIM + +To get a more featureful Vim binary (and a vim command, rather than just vi), +install one of the following packages: vim, vim-nox, vim-motif, or vim-gtk3. + +HOW TO OBTAIN HELP + +Either browse the Vim online help via web starting at + + https://vimhelp.org/ + +or ask your administrator to install the "vim-doc" package, which contains the + HTML version of the online help and browse it starting at + + /usr/share/doc/vim/html/index.html + +or ask your administrator to install the "vim-runtime" package, re-run vi, and + access the online help again. Note that all the above mentioned Vim + variants other than "vim-tiny" automatically install the "vim-runtime" + package. If you don't suffer from disk space shortage using one of them is + recommended. |