On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 06:55 +0200, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > scott wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 05:58 +0200, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > >> scott wrote: > >>> On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 01:57 +0200, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > >>>> A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > >>>>> In (g)vim 7.0.90, when I try to invoke the help, let's say > >>>>> > >>>>> :help :help > >>>>> > >>>>> the program hangs; and when I finally hit Ctrl-C I get: > >>>>> > >>>>> E426: tag not found: :[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>> > >>>>> Similarly for <F1> > >>>>> > >>>>> E426: tag not found: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>> > >>>>> Running ":helptags" in the doc/ subdirectories of all 'rtp' directories > >>>>> doesn't help. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Best regards, > >>>>> Tony. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> Cleaned my ~/.vim and $VIM/vimfiles from a few obsolete and dubious > >>>> files, compiled 7.0.091 (with make reconfig), it works again (as > >>>> src/vim). "More fear than harm". Next thing is "make install". > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Best regards, > >>>> Tony. > >>> tony -- all this weirdness with your help -- as dependant as > >>> we are on whatever is insalled for 'ctags', i'd say you might > >>> spend some time looking at whatever shows up for 'which ctags' > >>> with a thought towards maybe fixing something there > >>> > >>> scott > >>> > >>> > >> IIUC it's the version of ctags that came with SuSE 9.3 > >> > >> rpm -qa |grep ctags > >> ctags-2004.11.15-3 > >> > >> which -a ctags > >> /usr/bin/ctags > >> > >> ls -l `which ctags` > >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 128852 Mar 19 2005 /usr/bin/ctags > >> > >> ctags --version > >> Exuberant Ctags 5.5.4, Copyright (C) 1996-2003 Darren Hiebert > >> Compiled: Mar 19 2005, 19:18:40 > >> Addresses: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://ctags.sourceforge.net > >> Optional compiled features: +wildcards, +regex > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> The wierdness appeared after installing the manpageview plugin from > >> vim-online, and disappeared after removing it as well as versions of the > >> netrw and vimball plugins which had become older than the default ones > >> due to a runtime rsync. Don't know what _any_ of those had to do with > >> not finding the help; and (I checked) my doc/tags files were OK -- > >> anyway, regenerating them all using (internal) helptags changed nothing. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Tony. > > > > > > hmmm > > > > what jumped out at me in your error messages was the '@en' -- makes > > me think whatever happened to you relates to something to do with > > the english language -- did manpageview have a lot of klunky language > > weirdness? > > > > sc > > > > > > I didn't check (and now it's gone thanks to rm -vf); but after > recompiling (make reconfig but not make install) with (a) a define > commented-out: "/* # define FEAT_MULTI_LANG */" (b) an additional > configure setting: "export CONF_OPT_NLS='--disable-nls'", and (c) > renaming $VIMRUNTIME/lang to lanx (probably overkill but you never > know...), I got the same error without the @en > > IIUC that @xx postfix is characteristic of multi-language help. My vimrc > sets ":language messages" to "C" (on Unix) or "en" (on Windows) before > sourcing the vimrc_example, to avoid French or Dutch menus and error > messages regardless of the locale. > > Now I have undone all those changes, removed, as I said, the dubious > plugins, re-made reconfig, and my 7.0.091 again shows any help with no > noticeable lag. The only global plugins which I still have outside > $VIMRUNTIME/plugin are matchit ("runtime macros/matchit.vim") and a > small plugin I wrote myself to display the splash screen (":intro") at > the VimEnter event, even when Vim is started with one or more editfiles > named on the command-line. > > > Best regards, > Tony.
IIUC, your problem has been solved? no more goofy :help errors?
