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    <h1>Documentation</h1>
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      <h2>User</h2>

      <h3><a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/Installing-Neovim">Install</a></h3>
      <p>
        <a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases">Download</a> an archive
        or use a <a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/Installing-Neovim#install-from-package">package manager</a>.
      </p>

      <h3><a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/FAQ">FAQ</a></h3>
      <p>
        Check the <a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/FAQ">FAQ</a>
        and <a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/Following-HEAD">breaking changes</a> for solutions to common issues.
        The <a href="http://vimhelp.appspot.com/vim_faq.txt.html">Vim FAQ</a> is also useful.
      </p>

      <h3>
       <a href="http://neovim.io/doc/user">User manual</a>
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      <p>
        This is the online form of Nvim's <a href="http://neovim.io/doc/user/"><code>:help</code></a> system.
        <ul>
          <li>Neovim features are documented at <a href="https://neovim.io/doc/user/vim_diff.html#nvim-features"><code>:help nvim-features</code></a>.</li>
          <li><a href="http://neovim.io/doc/user/quickref.html"><code>:help quickref</code></a> is a handy cheatsheet.</li>
          <li>Read <a href="https://neovim.io/doc/user/nvim.html#nvim-from-vim"><code>:help nvim-from-vim</code></a> if you already use Vim.</li>
        </ul>
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      <h2>Developer</h2>

      <h3><a href="https://neovim.io/doc/user/develop.html#dev"><code>:help dev</code></a></h3>
      <p>
        Design constraints and guidelines, for developing Nvim applications or Nvim itself.
      </p>

      <h3><a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki#developers">Developer Wiki</a></h3>
      <p>
        Notes on building, navigating, and debugging.
      </p>
      <h3><a href="/doc/dev/files.html">Source documentation</a></h3>
      <p>
        Generated from source code docstrings.
      </p>
      <h3><a href="https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/neovim/neovim">SourceGraph</a></h3>
      <p>
        Navigate the Nvim source code online.
      </p>

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