On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 11:38 PM, J.D. Laub <v...@laubster.org> wrote:
> Hi. I've got a standard .vimrc file I keep consistent across multiple
> machines with rsync. I dislike syntax highlighting, so in that file I have
> " :syntax off " . A problem I'm having is that some of the machines have
> the full-blown vim, where things work swell, but some of the machines have
> vim-tiny, and on those I get "E319: Sorry, the command is not available in
> this version: :syntax off" at start-up of vim. I start vim many times a
> day, so this message gets old.
>
> I'm looking for options on hushing the noise; after some thinking, these
> are the possibilities that come to mind (most of which probably don't
> exist):
>
> have vim recognize I'm trying to turn it off, which means I don't
> really care whether it's there or not, so there's no need for the E319
> put the "syntax off" in an rc file that applies only on full installs
> and not tiny installs
>
See :help has()
if has("syntax")
syntax off
endif
put this error msg in some "yes he's seen it before so don't show it
> again" filter file
> turn on some option to suppress all E319 errors
>
See :help silent
:silent! syntax off
should be sufficient
> leave the default alone, but disable syntax highlighting some other
> way (maybe set up syntax files that effectively disables highlighting)
> eliminate the vimrc entry; instead, query vim at shell start-up, and
> only if syntax is a supported, then turn it off in my VIMRC environment var
>
> The last I can do without too much hassle, but it feels like a work-around
> (putting the onus on the user & shell). Other possibilities I'm missing?
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Cheers...
>
>
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