russian.txt ForVim version 9.2. Last change: 2026 Feb 14VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Vassily RagosinRussian language localization and support in VimrussianRussian1. Introductionrussian-intro2.Russian keymapsrussian-keymap3. Localizationrussian-l18n4. Known issuesrussian-issues==============================================================================1. Introductionrussian-introRussian languageis supported perfectly well in Vim. You can type andviewRussian text justas any other, without the need to tweak the settings.==============================================================================2.Russian keymapsrussian-keymapTo switch between languages you can use your system native keyboard switcher,or use one of theRussian keymaps, included in the Vim distribution. Forexample, :set keymap=russian-jcukenwinIn the latter case, you can switch between languages even if youdo not havesystemRussian keyboard or independently froma system-wide keyboard settings.See'keymap'. You can also mapa key to switch between keyboards, if youchoose the latter option. See:map.For your convenience, to avoid switching between keyboards, when you need toenterNormal mode command, you can also set'langmap' option: :set langmap=ФИСВУАПРШОЛДЬТЩЗЙКЫЕГМЦЧНЯ;ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ, фисвуапршолдьтщзйкыегмцчня;abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzThisis in utf-8, you cannot read this if your'encoding'is not utf-8.You have to type this command in one line,itis wrapped for the sake ofreadability.==============================================================================3. Localizationrussian-l18nIf you wish to use messages,help files,menus and other items translated toRussian, you will need toinstall the RuVim Language Pack, available indifferent codepages fromhttp://www.sourceforge.net/projects/ruvim/Make sure that your Vimisat least 6.2.506 and use ruvim 0.5 or later forautomatic installs. Vim also needs to be compiled with+gettext feature foruserinterface items translations to work.After downloading an archive from RuVim project, unpackit into your$VIMRUNTIME directory. We recommend usingUTF-8 archive.In order to use theRussian documentation, make sure you have set the'helplang' option to "ru".==============================================================================4. Known issuesrussian-issues-- If you are usingRussian message translations inWin32 console, then you may see the output produced by "vim--help", "vim--version" commands andWin32 consolewindow title appearing ina wrong codepage. This problemis related toa bug in GNU gettext library and may be fixed in the future releases of gettext.============================================================================== vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: