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Re: E484: Can't open file /usr/share/vim/syntax/syntax.vim


03.10.2011 2:35, jan.kolar ÐÐÑÐÑ:
Oleksandr Gavenko (aka gavenkoa) wrote:

$ cat ~/.vimrc syntax on

    $ vim
Error detected while processing /cygdrive/e/home/.vimrc:
line    1:
E484: Can't open file /usr/share/vim/syntax/syntax.vim
Press ENTER or type command to continue

This issue reported previously:

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-07/msg00105.html

I have no problem with syntax loading.


Did you try reinstall/upgrade/downgrade vim ?

:help syntax-loading
     Source $VIMRUNTIME/syntax/syntax.vim ....
:echo $VIMRUNTIME
     /usr/share/vim/vim73

:help VIMRUNTIME
or see  http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/starting.html#$VIMRUNTIME
http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/starting.html#$VIMRUNTIME
for what VIMRUNTIME is, how it defaults and how it can be set.
(:let $VIMRUNTIME = "/home/piet/vim/vim54"  -- or what about :letglobal here
?)

That because you use another Vim. I run vim from 'vim' package:

  $ cygcheck -c vim
  Cygwin Package Information
Package              Version        Status
vim                  7.3.254-1      OK

  $ which vim
/usr/bin/vim

  $ cygcheck -l vim
/etc/postinstall/vim.sh
/etc/preremove/vim.sh
/usr/bin/ex
/usr/bin/vi
/usr/bin/vim-nox.exe
/usr/bin/vimtutor

  $ cat /etc/postinstall/vim.sh.done
/usr/sbin/update-alternatives \
	--install /usr/bin/vim vim /usr/bin/vim-nox.exe 10 \
...

I try all your suggested command and they all fail.


Also I note that there are no any Cygwin specific vim.README under /usr/share/doc/Cygwin nor under /usr/share/vim, /usr/share/doc/vim which is unusual situation for Cygwin package...

Search under:

http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=vim

list only:

gvim/gvim-7.2.245-1

which also does not contain $VIMRUNTIME/syntax/syntax.vim

Is it possible to get full featured Vim under Cygwin?

Or separate installation required?


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