Getting started

Your first hour: the modal loop, the interactive tutor, and how to look anything up.

TopicWhat it covers
First stepsFirst steps: the modal loop, opening and saving files, the command line, splits, and where to go next.
Interactive tutorThe interactive tutor: a gamified lesson sequence (lives, score, high score) that teaches lattice from inside lattice.
The launch dashboarddashboard-mode: the dashboard launch buffer — the splash page lattice opens with, every row a followable link into help, commands, or the tutor.
Looking things upHelp system: :describe-*, :apropos, :keymap, the prefix map, and mode-prefix syntax for :describe-key.
The pending-chord hintwhich-key-mode: the which-key hint popup — hold a prefix and see what can follow it, read from the live keymap rather than a static list.
CheatsheetOne-page keystroke reference: modes, motions, operators, git, LSP.
TroubleshootingWhen something doesn't work: plugins, LSP, colours, logs, and first-run problems.
Known limitationsWhat doesn't work yet at 0.9, and what is deliberately absent.