Error detected while processing /var/lib/vim/addons/plugin/02tlib.vim line 77: E1208: -complete used without allowing arguments

[Guy Ka]

I had GVim 8.2 installed on a Ubuntu 20.04 machine (WSL2) and everything was working fine. After updating to Ubuntu 22.04, 

I am getting the following error when I start gvim   

Error detected while processing /var/lib/vim/addons/plugin/02tlib.vim line   77: E1208: -complete used without allowing arguments

I have no clue on how to start debugging this issue. 

Here is the version info

:version
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2 (2019 Dec 12, compiled May 24 2023 14:27:53)
Included patches: 1-3995, 4563, 4646, 4774, 4895, 4899, 4901, 4919
Modified by team...@tracker.debian.org
Compiled by team...@tracker.debian.org
Huge version with GTK3 GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
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+arabic            -ebcdic            +localmap          +printer           +textobjects
+autocmd           +emacs_tags        +lua               +profile           +textprop
+autochdir         +eval              +menu              -python            +timers
-autoservername    +ex_extra          +mksession         +python3           +title
+balloon_eval      +extra_search      +modify_fname      +quickfix          +toolbar
+balloon_eval_term -farsi             +mouse             +reltime           +user_commands
+browse            +file_in_path      +mouseshape        +rightleft         +vartabs
++builtin_terms    +find_in_path      +mouse_dec         +ruby              +vertsplit
+byte_offset       +float             +mouse_gpm         +scrollbind        +vim9script
+channel           +folding           -mouse_jsbterm     +signs             +viminfo
+cindent           -footer            +mouse_netterm     +smartindent       +virtualedit
+clientserver      +fork()            +mouse_sgr         +sodium            +visual
+clipboard         +gettext           -mouse_sysmouse    +sound             +visualextra
+cmdline_compl     -hangul_input      +mouse_urxvt       +spell             +vreplace
+cmdline_hist      +iconv             +mouse_xterm       +startuptime       +wildignore
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+comments          +ipv6              +multi_lang        -sun_workshop      +windows
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+cscope            +keymap            +num64             -tag_old_static    -xfontset
+cursorbind        +lambda            +packages          -tag_any_white     +xim
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+dialog_con_gui    +libcall           +perl              +termguicolors     +xsmp_interact
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+digraphs          +lispindent        +popupwin          +terminfo          -xterm_save
   system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
 2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
  system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc"
    user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
2nd user gvimrc file: "~/.vim/gvimrc"
       defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
    system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK -pthread -I/usr/include/gtk-3.0 -I/usr/includ
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lude -I/usr/include/gtk-3.0 -I/usr/include/gio-unix-2.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr
/include/harfbuzz -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/fribidi -I/usr/include/harfbuzz -I/usr/include/atk
-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/uuid -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/includ
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fix-map=/build/vim-rfgIUR/vim-8.2.3995=. -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fstack-p
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6 -ldl -lz -lpthread -lm -lruby-3.0 -lm -L/usr/lib

[Christian Brabandt]

On So, 02 Jul 2023, Guy Ka wrote:

> I had GVim 8.2 installed on a Ubuntu 20.04 machine (WSL2) and everything was
> working fine. After updating to Ubuntu 22.04,
> I am getting the following error when I start gvim
> Error detected while processing /var/lib/vim/addons/plugin/02tlib.vim line
> 77: E1208: -complete used without allowing arguments
> I have no clue on how to start debugging this issue.

Hm, my guess is, that in the past you used Debians/Ubuntus
vim-addon-manager to manage system plugins and at one time you had
installed the tlib package.

You should be able to get rid of that (especially, if you do not need
it), by running sudo vim-addon-manager -w remove <package>

The package name you should be able to see by running vim-addon-manager
where the third column shows "installed"

#v+
# Name User Status System Status
espeak removed removed
#v-


Best,
Christian
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Vergnügen Fehler bei anderen entdecken.
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[Bram Moolenaar]

Guy Ka wrote:

> I had GVim 8.2 installed on a Ubuntu 20.04 machine (WSL2) and everything
> was working fine. After updating to Ubuntu 22.04,
> I am getting the following error when I start gvim
> Error detected while processing /var/lib/vim/addons/plugin/02tlib.vim line
> 77: E1208: -complete used without allowing arguments
> I have no clue on how to start debugging this issue.

Please quote the contents of plugin/02tlib.vim around line 77.

Error 1208 is quite clear: I expect there to be a ":command" command
that defines a user command, with a "-complete" argument but not
allowing for arguments. There is more info if you look for help on the
error number
:help E1208

> Here is the version info
> :version
> VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2 (2019 Dec 12, compiled May 24 2023 14:27:53)
> Included patches: 1-3995, 4563, 4646, 4774, 4895, 4899, 4901, 4919
> Modified by team...@tracker.debian.org
> Compiled by team...@tracker.debian.org
> Huge version with GTK3 GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
> +acl +dnd +listcmds +postscript

[...]

> +byte_offset +float +mouse_gpm +scrollbind
> +vim9script

Some more checks were added for Vim 9 script. They may also affect
legacy script commands. That is unlikely though. This is best fixed in
the script. Then it is also fixed for other users of the script. Can
you contact the author or maintainer?

I don't think we can fix this in Vim. The error is valid, if we skip it
then mistakes will go unnoticed. With Vim 9 script we want to find more
errors, not less. So long as they are valid errors.


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[Guy Ka]

Thanks for the hint.

$vim-addon-manager

# Name                     User Status  System Status

addon-mw-utils              removed       installed
airline                     removed       installed
airline-themes              removed       installed
command-t                   removed       installed
espeak                      removed       removed
gtypist                     removed       removed
jinja                       removed       removed
lastplace                   removed       installed
pathogen                    removed       installed
snipmate                    removed       installed
tabular                     removed       installed
tlib                        removed       installed

I do not remember intentionally using vim-addon-manager to install plugings. I will leave as is for now and manually edit the file in question to fix the issue. 

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[Guy Ka]

Thanks for the hint. Here is the content of the file around line 77

75 " EXAMPLES: >
76 "   TBrowseScriptnames
77 command! -nargs=0 -complete=command TBrowseScriptnames call tlib#cmd#TBrowseScriptnames()

Changing line 77 to the following fixed the issue

command! -nargs=0 TBrowseScriptnames call tlib#cmd#TBrowseScriptnames()