Description of problem: I haven't been able to use the highlighted syntax feature in vim. Also when I go to the help the key I traditionally use to enter a tag ^] doesn't work (reports E434: Can't find tag pattern and then shows garbage) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): I updated with yum to vim-enhanced-7.0.100-1 vim-minimal-7.0.100-1 vim-common-7.0.100-1 I got the same problem with the vim rpms shipping in FC6 Test3 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. open vi 2. :h 3. press ^] in any tag help Trying to enable highlighted syntax. 1. vi ~/.vimrc 2. :r $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim 3. :w 4. open any file with should be recognized by highlighted syntax (e.g. /boot/grub/menu.lst) Actual results: ^] reports "E434: Can't find tag pattern" highlighted syntax doesn't work: text is black Expected results: ^] should jump to the corresponding help page highlighed syntax should work for the default file types. Additional info:
You're using /bin/vi, the vim binary with the 'tiny' featureset which can't handle the compressed help files and can't do syntax highlighting. Only /usr/bin/vim and gvim can handle those. I intended to write up a minimal help file and point /bin/vi to that one, but got distracted by other tasks. In the meantime please use 'vim' instead of 'vi' or set an alias (which isn't set for uids < 100, so I'm assuming your trying to edit files as root)
Thanks a lot for letting me know this, Karsten. A small help file as you mention describing the vi/vim situation would be great to have. Best regards.