Re: [newbie] vim error
Aron Smith wrote: Where should I look for a problem? try a reinstall of vim # That's such a... windowy solution. True but it do work and is easy to do Hmm... I just found out something interesting. Vi works fine in single monitor mode, but it gives me that odd message when I'm running both monitors... -- == Dave Williams == [EMAIL PROTECTED] == then we race together / we can ride forever = '97 Bandit 1200 == wrapped in horsepower / driving into fury == DoD #978 = http://www.bacomatic.org/~dw/index.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] vim error
I recently did a full install of M10.1 onto a blank hard disk. This is the first time I've run 10.1; it's *much* faster than 10.0 Official. Everything looks good, except whenever I fire up vi, I get the following message: E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: ^V4516^@ Hit ENTER or type command to continue I get the same message when I use shift-ZZ to exit. This happens in a konsole in KDE, and it also happens if I use ctrl-alt-F1 and log into a pty session. vi seems to *work* okay, it just gives me this odd message. Where should I look for a problem? -- == Dave Williams == [EMAIL PROTECTED] == then we race together / we can ride forever = '97 Bandit 1200 == wrapped in horsepower / driving into fury == DoD #978 = http://www.bacomatic.org/~dw/index.htm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] vim error
Dave Williams wrote: E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: ^V4516^@ Hit ENTER or type command to continue I get the same message when I use shift-ZZ to exit. This happens in a konsole in KDE, and it also happens if I use ctrl-alt-F1 and log into a pty session. vi seems to *work* okay, it just gives me this odd message. That is wierd, Dave. I have been using 10.1 for a while now, and I have never seen a message like that, and I use vim/vi all the time. I have used vi under KDE in both konsoles and xterms and I have not seen such messages. Does this message appear when you specify a file as an argument to the editor? Does it appear when you run vi on its own? It sounds to me that the editor is complaining about '^V' which has a significance similar to \ in the shell. It would be odd to begin a line with it. What happens when you specify the -b option to vi? cheers Duncan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] vim error
Dave Williams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I recently did a full install of M10.1 onto a blank hard disk. This is the first time I've run 10.1; it's *much* faster than 10.0 Official. Everything looks good, except whenever I fire up vi, I get the following message: E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: ^V4516^@ Hit ENTER or type command to continue I get the same message when I use shift-ZZ to exit. This happens in a konsole in KDE, and it also happens if I use ctrl-alt-F1 and log into a pty session. vi seems to *work* okay, it just gives me this odd message. Where should I look for a problem? Hi Dave, I am not a vim guru but have been using it (a year) and still RTFM, but typing :help E575 led me to doc/starting.txt file and this: *viminfo-errors* When Vim detects an error while reading a viminfo file, it will not overwrite that file. If there are more than 10 errors, Vim stops reading the viminfo file. This was done to avoid accidentally destroying a file when the file name of the viminfo file is wrong. This could happen when accidentally typing vim -i file when you wanted vim -R file (yes, somebody accidentally did that!). If you want to overwrite a viminfo file with an error in it, you will either have to fix the error, or delete the file (while Vim is running, so most of the information will be restored). Guessing at a solution: 1. you could try the above method to restore the file. 2. you could *mv* the file to rename it and let vim create another one. 3. Did you update your new 10.1 install ? there was a security fix for vim. or remove vim and re-install it .. or try the mailing list at http://www.vim.org/community.php or the archive http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vim HTH -- RickS gpg --recv-keys --keyserver www.keyserver.net 0x24AABE61 The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. --Albert Einstein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
