Re: [CentOS] vim helpfile tag issues

2008-12-17 Thread Spiro Harvey
> From the vi --debug output it seems obvious that vi reports the > highest > included patch in the version. So what I think happened is that Red > Hat started off from 7.0.109 and added patches upto 237. ok, well, it's convinced me I'm not going slightly mad. :) Thanks for your help, and to eve

Re: [CentOS] vim helpfile tag issues

2008-12-17 Thread Scott Silva
on 12-17-2008 9:43 AM Dag Wieers spake the following: > On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Spiro Harvey wrote: > >> I'm still curious about the discrepencies in the version numbers, does >> yours come up with conflicting numbers on the splash screen? > > I can only confirm that you are right on that one as wel

Re: [CentOS] vim helpfile tag issues

2008-12-17 Thread Dag Wieers
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Spiro Harvey wrote: > I'm still curious about the discrepencies in the version numbers, does > yours come up with conflicting numbers on the splash screen? I can only confirm that you are right on that one as well :-) Also true for RHEL BTW. >From the vi --debug output it se

Re: [CentOS] vim helpfile tag issues

2008-12-17 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Ralph Angenendt wrote: > Works fine here. > > "usr_01.txt.gz" [readonly][noeol] 11L, 2903C > > vim-common-7.0.109-5.el5.br.3.x86_64 Should have read more carefully. Only works in vim, not vi. Ralph pgpN9lzGPCRnu.pgp Description: PGP signature ___

Re: [CentOS] vim helpfile tag issues

2008-12-17 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Spiro Harvey wrote: > and if I enter the binary just by typing "vim" or "vi" the splash > screen tells me: version 7.0.237 Yepp, correct. How very strange ... Ralph pgpVq0yEwR5JT.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] vim helpfile tag issues

2008-12-17 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Dag Wieers wrote: > On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Dag Wieers wrote: >>> On CentOS 5.2, using vim 7.0.237, I'm having a consistent issue across >>> all my centos boxen. > > > > Is it me, or do you have a newer vim than CentOS is shipping ? > > > > [r...@rhun ~]# rpm -q vim-common > > vim-common-7.0.1

Re: [CentOS] vim helpfile tag issues

2008-12-16 Thread Tom Diehl
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, Filipe Brandenburger wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 22:12, Spiro Harvey wrote: >> Just wondering if anyone can replicate this issue >> >> if I try and access the help files direct (as root), such as ":help >> tutor" I get: >> >> If I press enter, it shows me wha

Re: [CentOS] vim helpfile tag issues

2008-12-16 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 22:12, Spiro Harvey wrote: > Just wondering if anyone can replicate this issue > > if I try and access the help files direct (as root), such as ":help > tutor" I get: > > If I press enter, it shows me what appears to be the output of a binary. This is a bug long k

Re: [CentOS] vim helpfile tag issues

2008-12-16 Thread Spiro Harvey
> I think this is normal behaviour for 'vi' as it does not support > gzipped help pages. Seems the case for RHEL too, so it is not > specific to CentOS. You might want to to check the same on Fedora > too ? yes, it seems you're right.. I just figured that out in another post coming the list's way.

Re: [CentOS] vim helpfile tag issues

2008-12-16 Thread Spiro Harvey
> > Is it me, or do you have a newer vim than CentOS is shipping ? > > [r...@rhun ~]# rpm -q vim-common > > vim-common-7.0.109-4.el5_2.4z > > Is it possible you messed something up yourself ? > > And before everyone gets on top of me for being rude. I can confirm > this happens on 7.0.109

Re: [CentOS] vim helpfile tag issues

2008-12-16 Thread Dag Wieers
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Spiro Harvey wrote: > just as a followup, if I ungzip a file, and edit the tags file to > reflect the new name, it displays properly. > > putting it back returns its state to the regular fubar. After looking into this, you can see if it only happens when using 'vi' without a

Re: [CentOS] vim helpfile tag issues

2008-12-16 Thread Dag Wieers
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Dag Wieers wrote: > On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Spiro Harvey wrote: > >> Just wondering if anyone can replicate this issue >> >> On CentOS 5.2, using vim 7.0.237, I'm having a consistent issue across >> all my centos boxen. > > Is it me, or do you have a newer vim than CentOS is

Re: [CentOS] vim helpfile tag issues

2008-12-16 Thread Spiro Harvey
just as a followup, if I ungzip a file, and edit the tags file to reflect the new name, it displays properly. putting it back returns its state to the regular fubar. -- Spiro Harvey Knossos Networks Ltd 021-295-1923www.knossos.net.nz signature.asc Descript

Re: [CentOS] vim helpfile tag issues

2008-12-16 Thread Dag Wieers
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Spiro Harvey wrote: > Just wondering if anyone can replicate this issue > > On CentOS 5.2, using vim 7.0.237, I'm having a consistent issue across > all my centos boxen. Is it me, or do you have a newer vim than CentOS is shipping ? [r...@rhun ~]# rpm -q vim-common

[CentOS] vim helpfile tag issues

2008-12-16 Thread Spiro Harvey
Just wondering if anyone can replicate this issue On CentOS 5.2, using vim 7.0.237, I'm having a consistent issue across all my centos boxen. if I try and access the help files direct (as root), such as ":help tutor" I get: "usr_01.txt.gz" [readonly][noeol][converted] 11L, 4393C E434: Can't