So, the cut down vim-tiny is installed by default in Ubuntu. I don't mind using it, but I can't find documentation and most of the commands I'm used to from normal Vim don't work. So far I've discovered that :n and :N go between buffers and :split splits the screen (but Ctrl-W+S does not), :close closes a split, and Ctrl-W+W hops between splits.

What other commands am I missing?

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On 11.10:

$ vim.tiny --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Oct 6 2011 10:32:12)
Included patches: 1-154
Modified by
Compiled by buildd@
Small version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
-arabic -autocmd -balloon_eval -browse +builtin_terms -byte_offset -cindent
-clientserver -clipboard -cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist -cmdline_info -comments
-conceal -cryptv -cscope -cursorbind -cursorshape -dialog -diff -digraphs -dnd
-ebcdic -emacs_tags -eval -ex_extra -extra_search -farsi -file_in_path
-find_in_path -float -folding -footer +fork() -gettext -hangul_input +iconv
-insert_expand +jumplist -keymap -langmap -libcall -linebreak -lispindent
-listcmds -localmap -lua -menu -mksession -modify_fname -mouse -mouse_dec
-mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm -mouse_netterm -mouse_sysmouse -mouse_xterm
+multi_byte -multi_lang -mzscheme -netbeans_intg -osfiletype -path_extra -perl
-persistent_undo -printer -profile -python -python3 -quickfix -reltime
-rightleft -ruby -scrollbind -signs -smartindent -sniff -startuptime
-statusline -sun_workshop -syntax -tag_binary -tag_old_static -tag_any_white
-tcl +terminfo -termresponse -textobjects -title -toolbar -user_commands
-vertsplit -virtualedit +visual -visualextra -viminfo -vreplace +wildignore
-wildmenu +windows +writebackup -X11 +xfontset -xim -xsmp -xterm_clipboard
-xterm_save system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc" user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc" user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc" fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -Wall -g -O2 -DTINY_VIMRC -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Linking: gcc -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lSM -lICE -lXpm -lXt -lX11 -lXdmcp -lSM -lICE -lm -ltinfo -lselinux -ldl

There are only twelve features enabled (out of one hundred and twenty):

+builtin_terms Some terminals supported
+cmdline_hist Command line history
+fork() Shell commands are forked
+iconv Extra encoding conversions besides utf8<->latin1
+jumplist jumplist history, So you can go back/forward with Ctrl-O/Ctrl-I
+multi_byte Multibyte characters
+terminfo Use terminfo instead of termcap
+visual Visual mode supported (but no blockwise visual mode)
+wildignore Allow wildcard patterns, to specify files to ignore during filename completion
+windows Support more than one buffer window
+writebackup Backup files before overwriting (this either provides this option, or defaults it to on)
+xfontset X fontset support

The descriptions are based on the feature list link posted by @Caesium.

The missing keybindings etc may be because you are running vim in vi compatible mode - you can turn that off by doing :set nocompatible in vim or adding set nocompatible to you .vimrc file.

I did try Ctrl-W s and that did a split for me while running /usr/bin/vim.tiny while in compatible mode, so that might not be your problem. But I'm not sure what would be in that case. Maybe try making sure there is nothing in your .vimrc file that would stop that working.

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Here you go:

Quote from :ve[rsion] ..

The first column shows the smallest version in which they are included:
T tiny
S small
N normal
B big
H huge

I actually don't see any marked 'T' so it looks like you get just about nothing.. the other answer of "it's probably just about vi" might not be that far out ;)

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