marc wrote:
Strange this. My gvim 7 setup on XP has been working fine for as long as
v7 has been available. I'm currently on 7.0.178.
Other than that described below, gvim is working fine. If I never load
_vimrc, then nothing appears to be wrong.
The symptoms are that when I load _vimrc into a buffer, and _vimrc
contains
syntax on
then vim hangs. The vim window displays (the GUI opens), but the vim
window is empty, although the status line shows the file and 1L, 11C.
Since I'm now testing with a _vimrc containing only
syntax on
it appears to 'stuck' at EOF. When I try the same with my regular
_vimrc, vim gets stuck at 158L, 6028C, which is also weird (although the
line count it fine).
The swp file is created in these scenarios. Looking at the process
monitors, it is not consuming any resources once it hangs.
I have tried deleting _vimrc and recreating it (with vim). but as soon
as I save it with the 'syntax on' line and reload it, it hangs.
If I comment out the 'syntax on' line and load vim, then all is well -
including editing _vimrc. However, I then need to set 'syntax on'
manually. This works okay. However, if I do this, then later load
_vimrc, vim hangs.
Finally, I tried a clean install on another machine and the same thing
happens - although it previously contained a copy of currently broken
setup.
Any ideas?
Here are a few "ideas". Nothing precise yet, just a few hints.
By "loading" the vimrc, do you mean ":source ~/_vimrc" or ":edit ~/_vimrc"?
When Vim appears to hang:
- does it beep if you pess Esc repeatedly?
- If it does, then does something happen if you hit Ctrl-L after the beep?
If you load Vim without a vimrc (using "vim -u NONE"), what does it reply in
answer to:
:echo $HOME
is that the directory where your _vimrc is located?
:echo $VIM
:echo $VIMRUNTIME
is that your installation directory, containing files such as
filetype.vim, vimrc_example.vim, menu.vim, and directories such as plugin/,
ftplugin/, syntax/, doc/ etc.?
:scriptnames
there should be really few of them
What are the size in bytes, timestamp and version of
"$VIMRUNTIME/syntax/syntax.vim"? (with $VIMRUNTIME as seen above)
Does your vimrc set a colorscheme? If it does, does it change something if you
comment-out the ":colorscheme" line?
Best regards,
Tony.
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