Hi... I don't know if this is much help.....
but have you tried this? dpkg --purge vim dpkg --purge vim-rt apt-get install vim apt-get install vim-rt Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "joey tsai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 10:14 AM Subject: $VIMRUNTIME > Hi, everytime I install vim I get this problem... I have a work-around, but I'm > pretty sure it's The Wrong Way to do it. > > Anyway, opening a file in vim which has some syntax will cause vim to say like - > Error detected while processing Syntax Auto commands for "conf": > Can't open file /usr/share/vim/syntax/conf.vim > Press RETURN or enter command to continue > with the second line changing to whatever type of file I'm editing (for > instance, it just said it couldn't find the mail syntax file). The ":help" > doesn't work, either. > > I'm guessing it's looking there because of the $VIM or $VIMRUNTIME parameters, > both of which are /usr/share/vim for me. > > But Debian is installing vim's "syntax" and "doc" directories in > /usr/share/vim/vim58, why vim can't find what it's looking for. > > My current work-around is to sym-link the syntax and doc directories so it > works. I'm guessing changing the $VIMRUNTIME variable would work, too. But > neither of those solutions seem to me to be best way to do it. > > Do I just have a strange setup? Is the vim package meant to be like this? > Thanks in advance, > > // joey tsai > > > > -- > joey tsai | CONSOLATION, n. The knowledge that a better man is more > cs1322 ta | unfortunate than yourself. > | -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
