vimwiki/README.md

A Personal Wiki For Vim
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![screenshot1](doc/screenshot_1.png)
![screenshot2](doc/screenshot_2.png) *

Intro
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Vimwiki is a personal wiki for Vim -- a number of linked text files that have
their own syntax highlighting.

With Vimwiki you can:

 * organize notes and ideas
 * manage todo-lists
 * write documentation
 * maintain a diary
 * export everything to HTML

To do a quick start press `<Leader>ww` (this is usually `\ww`) to go to your index
wiki file.  By default it is located in `~/vimwiki/index.wiki`.

Feed it with the following example:

    = My knowledge base =
        * Tasks -- things to be done _yesterday_!!!
        * Project Gutenberg -- good books are power.
        * Scratchpad -- various temporary stuff.

Place your cursor on `Tasks` and press Enter to create a link.  Once pressed,
`Tasks` will become `[[Tasks]]` -- a Vimwiki link.  Press Enter again to
open it.  Edit the file, save it, and then press Backspace to jump back to your
index.

A Vimwiki link can be constructed from more than one word.  Just visually
select the words to be linked and press Enter.  Try it with `Project Gutenberg`.
The result should look something like:

    = My knowledge base =
        * [[Tasks]] -- things to be done _yesterday_!!!
        * [[Project Gutenberg]] -- good books are power.
        * Scratchpad -- various temporary stuff.


Basic Markup
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    = Header1 =
    == Header2 ==
    === Header3 ===


    *bold* -- bold text
    _italic_ -- italic text

    [[wiki link]] -- wiki link
    [[wiki link|description]] -- wiki link with description


Lists:

    * bullet list item 1
        - bullet list item 2
        - bullet list item 3
            * bullet list item 4
            * bullet list item 5
    * bullet list item 6
    * bullet list item 7
        - bullet list item 8
        - bullet list item 9

    1. numbered list item 1
    2. numbered list item 2
        a) numbered list item 3
        b) numbered list item 4


For other syntax elements, see `:h vimwiki-syntax`


Key bindings
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normal mode:

 * `<Leader>ww` -- Open default wiki index file.
 * `<Leader>wt` -- Open default wiki index file in a new tab.
 * `<Leader>ws` -- Select and open wiki index file.
 * `<Leader>wd` -- Delete wiki file you are in.
 * `<Leader>wr` -- Rename wiki file you are in.
 * `<Enter>` -- Follow/Create wiki link
 * `<Shift-Enter>` -- Split and follow/create wiki link
 * `<Ctrl-Enter>` -- Vertical split and follow/create wiki link
 * `<Backspace>` -- Go back to parent(previous) wiki link
 * `<Tab>` -- Find next wiki link
 * `<Shift-Tab>` -- Find previous wiki link

For more keys, see `:h vimwiki-mappings`


Commands
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 * `:Vimwiki2HTML` -- Convert current wiki link to HTML
 * `:VimwikiAll2HTML` -- Convert all your wiki links to HTML
 * `:help vimwiki-commands` -- list all commands
 * `:help vimwiki` -- General vimwiki help docs


Changing Wiki Syntax
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 Vimwiki currently ships with 3 syntaxes: Vimwiki (default), Markdown (markdown), and MediaWiki (media)

 If you would prefer to use either Markdown or MediaWiki syntaxes, set the following option in your .vimrc:
 ```
     let g:vimwiki_list = [{'path': '~/vimwiki/',
                           \ 'syntax': 'markdown', 'ext': '.md'}]
 ```


Installation
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Prerequisites
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Make sure you have these settings in your vimrc file:

    set nocompatible
    filetype plugin on
    syntax on

Without them Vimwiki will not work properly.


Installation using [Vim packages](http://vimhelp.appspot.com/repeat.txt.html#packages) (since Vim 7.4.1528)
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    git clone https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki.git ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start/vimwiki

Installation using [Pathogen](http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2332)
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    cd ~/.vim
    mkdir bundle
    cd bundle
    git clone https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki.git

Installation using [Vim-Plug](https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug)
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Add the following to the plugin-configuration in your vimrc:

    Plug 'vimwiki/vimwiki', { 'branch': 'dev' }

Then run `:PlugInstall`.

Installation using [Vundle](https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim)
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Add `Plugin 'vimwiki/vimwiki'` to your vimrc file and run

    vim +PluginInstall +qall

Or download the [zip archive](https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki/archive/master.zip) and extract it in `~/.vim/bundle/`

Then launch Vim, run `:Helptags` and then `:help vimwiki` to verify it was installed.


Getting help
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Have a question? Visit the IRC channel `#vimwiki` on Freenode ([webchat](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#vimwiki))
or post to the [mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/vimwiki).


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\* Screenshots made with the [solarized colorscheme](https://github.com/altercation/vim-colors-solarized)
and [lightline](https://github.com/itchyny/lightline.vim)