My default download and installation of the VIM suite on a Win 7 , 64 bit ultimate system was working fine, but has now begun issuing E488 trailing character error messages, for most ex commands. Specific example: Editing "@Risk" a mail collection text file, . i.e. filetype=mail, syntax=mail, e @Risk scroll down some lines and set a mark mc scroll down some more and set ma scroll down some more and set mb Scroll a few more lines and now try some commands! 'a or 'b or 'c work :a,bp to display the lines in the a,b range. throws an E488 error :20,30p with an explicit numeric range works :20,30d with an explicit numeric range works :a,bd throws an E488 :a,bmc throws an E488 Also confusing is that if ma is at line 40 and mb is at line 50 then for the command :40,bmc I am getting an error "Not an editor command" and for :40,bm20 I get an error that I am giving a backward range and is it (y/n) all right to switch?.
HELP! What has gone bad? and what do I need to do to repair this? Please also reply to me by email to urj...@bellsouth.net as well as posting any advice. I don't Google too well. Advance thanks. PS. I first posted this to comp.editors in Google groups on Jan 1, before finding this venue. -- Rostyk -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php