Vim documentation: russian

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*russian.txt*   For Vim version 7.2.  Last change: 2006 Apr 24


		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL    by Vassily Ragosin



Russian language localization and support in Vim	   *russian* *Russian*

1. Introduction				  |russian-intro|
2. Russian keymaps			  |russian-keymap|
3. Localization				  |russian-l18n|
4. Known issues				  |russian-issues|


= 1. Introduction *russian-intro* Russian language is supported perfectly well in Vim. You can type and view Russian text just as any other, without the need to tweak the settings.
= 2. Russian keymaps *russian-keymap* To switch between languages you can use your system native keyboard switcher, or use one of the Russian keymaps, included in the Vim distribution. For example, :set keymap=russian-jcukenwin In the latter case, you can switch between languages even if you do not have system Russian keyboard or independently from a system-wide keyboard settings. See 'keymap'. You can also map a key to switch between keyboards, if you choose the latter option. See |:map|. For your convenience, to avoid switching between keyboards, when you need to enter Normal mode command, you can also set 'langmap' option: :set langmap=ФИСВУАПРШОЛДЬТЩЗЙКЫЕГМЦЧНЯ;ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ, фисвуапршолдьтщзйкыегмцчня;abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz This is in utf-8, you cannot read this if your 'encoding' is not utf-8. You have to type this command in one line, it is wrapped for the sake of readability.
= 3. Localization *russian-l18n* If you wish to use messages, help files, menus and other items translated to Russian, you will need to install the RuVim Language Pack, available in different codepages from http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/ruvim/ Make sure that your Vim is at least 6.2.506 and use ruvim 0.5 or later for automatic installs. Vim also needs to be compiled with |+gettext| feature for user interface items translations to work. After downloading an archive from RuVim project, unpack it into your $VIMRUNTIME directory. We recommend using UTF-8 archive, if your version of Vim is compiled with |+multi_byte| feature enabled. In order to use the Russian documentation, make sure you have set the 'helplang' option to "ru".
= 4. Known issues *russian-issues* -- If you are using Russian message translations in Win32 console, then you may see the output produced by "vim --help", "vim --version" commands and Win32 console window title appearing in a wrong codepage. This problem is related to a bug in GNU gettext library and may be fixed in the future releases of gettext.
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