Re: syntax.vim: filetypedetect BufRead

[Ben Fritz]

On Saturday, April 20, 2013 7:54:50 AM UTC-5, xeon123 wrote:
> The syntax highlight in vim 7.3 doesn't work. I get the following error. How can I fix that?
>
> Error detected while processing /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax/syntax.vim:
> line 42:
> E216: No such group or event: filetypedetect BufRead
>
> I'm using Debian 7.0.
>
> Thanks,

Works fine for me. Maybe you're using a "tiny" Vim or something? What are the first few lines of your :version output?

The line 42 in my /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax/syntax.vim is:

doautoall filetypedetect BufRead

Maybe you need to turn on filetype detection prior to turning on syntax highlight? I seem to remember someone on this list saying that "syntax on" automatically implies filetype detection, but it's worth a shot to put "filetype on" before "syntax on" in your .vimrc.

This could also be "filetype plugin on", "filetype indent on", or "filetype indent plugin on" for more features.

[Tony Mechelynck]

I have the same (bracketed by :if !s:did_ft), and in addition, at lines
21 sqq I see:

" Load the FileType autocommands if not done yet.
if exists("did_load_filetypes")
let s:did_ft = 1
else
filetype on
let s:did_ft = 0
endif

so by the time the doautoall line is reached, filetype detection should
already be on.

Of course I use Bram's original sources, downloaded from
https://vim.googlecode.com/hg/ (with no Debian “improvements”), and the
openSUSE system vimrc (if any) is at /etc/vimrc which is not where this
Vim build looks for it (at $VIM/vimrc i.e. /usr/local/share/vim/vimrc).


Best regards,
Tony.
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[Pedro Sá da Costa]

I found my problem.

In my case I have declared wrong in the runtimepath in my ~/.vimrc "/usr/share/vim/vim72", and it must be "/usr/share/vim/vim73". After this change it works fine. 

Check you ":set runtimepath" directories to see if they are correct.

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[Ben Fritz]

On Sunday, April 21, 2013 7:02:13 AM UTC-5, xeon123 wrote:
> I found my problem.
>
>
> In my case I have declared wrong in the runtimepath in my ~/.vimrc "/usr/share/vim/vim72", and it must be "/usr/share/vim/vim73". After this change it works fine. 
>
>
>
>
> Check you ":set runtimepath" directories to see if they are correct.
>

I never set my runtimepath manually.

Why do you need to?

I note that mine is set (by default) to include /usr/local/share/vim/vim73 but not /usr/share/vim/vim73.

[Tony Mechelynck]

When you compile Vim yourself on Unix-like systems, it will normally
install under /usr/local/:

executable in /usr/local/bin/
runtime files (for Vim 7.3) in /usr/local/share/vim/vim73/
system vimrc (not always present) is looked for at /usr/local/vim/vimrc
etc.

When you get a Vim package from a Linux distro, the paths are different:

executable in /usr/bin/
runtime files (for Vim 7.3) in /usr/share/vim/vim/73/
system vimrc (not always present) is looked for at (e.g.) /etc/vimrc
etc.

This avoids conflicts if you have both; and, since /usr/local/bin comes
before /usr/bin in the $PATH, invoking vim without a path will get you
the one you compiled yourself.


Best regards,
Tony.
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