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*message.txt* Nvim
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VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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This file contains an alphabetical list of messages and error messages that
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Vim produces. You can use this if you don't understand what the message
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means. It is not complete though.
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Type |gO| to see the table of contents.
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==============================================================================
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1. Old messages *:messages* *:mes* *message-history*
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The ":messages" command can be used to view previously given messages. This
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is especially useful when messages have been overwritten or truncated. This
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depends on the 'shortmess' option.
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:mes[sages] Show all messages.
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:{count}mes[sages] Show the {count} most recent messages.
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:mes[sages] clear Clear all messages.
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:{count}mes[sages] clear
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Clear messages, keeping only the {count} most
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recent ones.
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The number of remembered messages is fixed at 200.
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*g<*
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The "g<" command can be used to see the last page of previous command output.
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This is especially useful if you accidentally typed <Space> at the hit-enter
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prompt. You are then back at the hit-enter prompt and can then scroll further
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back.
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Note: If the output has been stopped with "q" at the more prompt, it will only
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be displayed up to this point.
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The previous command output is cleared when another command produces output.
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The "g<" output is not redirected.
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If you want to find help on a specific (error) message, use the ID at the
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start of the message. For example, to get help on the message: >
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E72: Close error on swap file
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or (translated): >
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E72: Errore durante chiusura swap file
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Use: >
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:help E72
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If you are lazy, it also works without the shift key: >
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:help e72
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==============================================================================
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2. Error messages *error-messages* *errors*
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When an error message is displayed, but it is removed before you could read
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it, you can see it again with: >
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:echo v:errmsg
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Or view a list of recent messages with: >
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:messages
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See `:messages` above.
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LIST OF MESSAGES
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*E222* *E228* *E232* *E293* *E298* *E304* *E317*
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*E318* *E356* *E438* *E439* *E440* *E316* *E320* *E322*
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*E323* *E341* *E473* *E570* *E685* *E292* >
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Add to read buffer
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makemap: Illegal mode
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Cannot create BalloonEval with both message and callback
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Hangul automata ERROR
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block was not locked
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Didn't get block nr {N}?
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ml_upd_block0(): Didn't get block 0??
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pointer block id wrong {N}
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Updated too many blocks?
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get_varp ERROR
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u_undo: line numbers wrong
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undo list corrupt
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undo line missing
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ml_get: cannot find line {N}
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cannot find line {N}
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line number out of range: {N} past the end
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line count wrong in block {N}
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Internal error
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Internal error: {function}
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fatal error in cs_manage_matches
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Invalid count for del_bytes(): {N}
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This is an internal error. If you can reproduce it, please send in a bug
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report. |bugs|
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ATTENTION
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Found a swap file by the name ...
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See |ATTENTION|.
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*E92* >
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Buffer {N} not found
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The buffer you requested does not exist. This can also happen when you have
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wiped out a buffer which contains a mark or is referenced in another way.
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|:bwipeout|
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*E95* >
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Buffer with this name already exists
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You cannot have two buffers with exactly the same name. This includes the
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path leading to the file.
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*E72* >
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Close error on swap file
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The |swap-file|, that is used to keep a copy of the edited text, could not be
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closed properly. Mostly harmless.
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*E169* >
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Command too recursive
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This happens when an Ex command executes an Ex command that executes an Ex
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command, etc. The limit is 200 or the value of 'maxfuncdepth', whatever is
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larger. When it's more there probably is an endless loop. Probably a
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|:execute| or |:source| command is involved.
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*E254* >
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Cannot allocate color {name}
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The color name {name} is unknown. See |gui-colors| for a list of colors that
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are available on most systems.
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*E458* >
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Cannot allocate colormap entry, some colors may be incorrect
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This means that there are not enough colors available for Vim. It will still
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run, but some of the colors will not appear in the specified color. Try
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stopping other applications that use many colors, or start them after starting
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gvim.
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Browsers are known to consume a lot of colors. You can avoid this with
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netscape by telling it to use its own colormap: >
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netscape -install
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Or tell it to limit to a certain number of colors (64 should work well): >
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netscape -ncols 64
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This can also be done with a line in your Xdefaults file: >
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Netscape*installColormap: Yes
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or >
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Netscape*maxImageColors: 64
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<
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*E79* >
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Cannot expand wildcards
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A filename contains a strange combination of characters, which causes Vim to
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attempt expanding wildcards but this fails. This does NOT mean that no
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matching file names could be found, but that the pattern was illegal.
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*E459* >
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Cannot go back to previous directory
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While expanding a file name, Vim failed to go back to the previously used
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directory. All file names being used may be invalid now! You need to have
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execute permission on the current directory.
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*E190* *E212* >
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Cannot open "{filename}" for writing
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Can't open file for writing
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For some reason the file you are writing to cannot be created or overwritten.
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The reason could be that you do not have permission to write in the directory
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or the file name is not valid.
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*E166* >
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Can't open linked file for writing
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You are trying to write to a file which can't be overwritten, and the file is
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a link (either a hard link or a symbolic link). Writing might still be
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possible if the directory that contains the link or the file is writable, but
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Vim now doesn't know if you want to delete the link and write the file in its
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place, or if you want to delete the file itself and write the new file in its
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place. If you really want to write the file under this name, you have to
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manually delete the link or the file, or change the permissions so that Vim
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can overwrite.
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*E46* >
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Cannot change read-only variable "{name}"
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You are trying to assign a value to an argument of a function |a:var| or a Vim
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internal variable |v:var| which is read-only.
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*E90* >
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Cannot unload last buffer
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Vim always requires one buffer to be loaded, otherwise there would be nothing
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to display in the window.
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*E40* >
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Can't open errorfile <filename>
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When using the ":make" or ":grep" commands: The file used to save the error
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messages or grep output cannot be opened. This can have several causes:
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- 'shellredir' has a wrong value.
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- The shell changes directory, causing the error file to be written in another
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directory. This could be fixed by changing 'makeef', but then the make
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command is still executed in the wrong directory.
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- 'makeef' has a wrong value.
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- The 'grepprg' or 'makeprg' could not be executed. This cannot always be
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detected (especially on MS-Windows). Check your $PATH.
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Can't open file C:\TEMP\VIoD243.TMP
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On MS-Windows, this message appears when the output of an external command was
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to be read, but the command didn't run successfully. This can be caused by
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many things. Check the 'shell', 'shellquote', 'shellxquote', 'shellslash' and
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related options. It might also be that the external command was not found,
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there is no different error message for that.
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*E12* >
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Command not allowed from exrc/vimrc in current dir or tag search
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Some commands are not allowed for security reasons. These commands mostly
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come from a .exrc or .nvimrc file in the current directory, or from a tags
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file. Also see 'secure'.
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*E74* >
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Command too complex
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A mapping resulted in a very long command string. Could be caused by a
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mapping that indirectly calls itself.
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CONVERSION ERROR
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When writing a file and the text "CONVERSION ERROR" appears, this means that
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some bits were lost when converting text from the internally used UTF-8 to the
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format of the file. The file will not be marked unmodified. If you care
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about the loss of information, set the 'fileencoding' option to another value
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that can handle the characters in the buffer and write again. If you don't
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care, you can abandon the buffer or reset the 'modified' option.
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If there is a backup file, when 'writebackup' or 'backup' is set, it will not
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be deleted, so you can move it back into place if you want to discard the
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changes.
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*E302* >
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Could not rename swap file
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When the file name changes, Vim tries to rename the |swap-file| as well.
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This failed and the old swap file is now still used. Mostly harmless.
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*E43* *E44* >
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Damaged match string
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Corrupted regexp program
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Something inside Vim went wrong and resulted in a corrupted regexp. If you
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know how to reproduce this problem, please report it. |bugs|
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*E208* *E209* *E210* >
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Error writing to "{filename}"
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Error closing "{filename}"
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Error reading "{filename}"
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This occurs when Vim is trying to rename a file, but a simple change of file
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name doesn't work. Then the file will be copied, but somehow this failed.
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The result may be that both the original file and the destination file exist
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and the destination file may be incomplete.
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>
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Vim: Error reading input, exiting...
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This occurs when Vim cannot read typed characters while input is required.
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Vim got stuck, the only thing it can do is exit. This can happen when both
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stdin and stderr are redirected and executing a script that doesn't exit Vim.
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*E47* >
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Error while reading errorfile
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Reading the error file was not possible. This is NOT caused by an error
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message that was not recognized.
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*E80* >
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Error while writing
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Writing a file was not completed successfully. The file is probably
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incomplete.
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*E13* *E189* >
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File exists (add ! to override)
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"{filename}" exists (add ! to override)
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You are protected from accidentally overwriting a file. When you want to
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write anyway, use the same command, but add a "!" just after the command.
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Example: >
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:w /tmp/test
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changes to: >
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:w! /tmp/test
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*E768* >
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Swap file exists: {filename} (:silent! overrides)
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You are protected from overwriting a file that is being edited by Vim. This
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happens when you use ":w! filename" and a swapfile is found.
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- If the swapfile was left over from an old crashed edit session you may want
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to delete the swapfile. Edit {filename} to find out information about the
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swapfile.
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- If you want to write anyway prepend ":silent!" to the command. For example: >
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:silent! w! /tmp/test
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< The special command is needed, since you already added the ! for overwriting
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an existing file.
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*E139* >
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File is loaded in another buffer
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You are trying to write a file under a name which is also used in another
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buffer. This would result in two versions of the same file.
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*E142* >
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File not written: Writing is disabled by 'write' option
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The 'write' option is off. This makes all commands that try to write a file
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generate this message. This could be caused by a |-m| commandline argument.
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You can switch the 'write' option on with ":set write".
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*E25* >
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Nvim does not have a built-in GUI
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Neovim does not have a built in GUI, so `:gvim` and `:gui` don't work.
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*E49* >
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Invalid scroll size
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This is caused by setting an invalid value for the 'scroll', 'scrolljump' or
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'scrolloff' options.
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*E17* >
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"{filename}" is a directory
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You tried to write a file with the name of a directory. This is not possible.
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You probably need to append a file name.
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*E19* >
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Mark has invalid line number
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You are using a mark that has a line number that doesn't exist. This can
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happen when you have a mark in another file, and some other program has
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deleted lines from it.
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*E219* *E220* >
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Missing {.
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Missing }.
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Using a {} construct in a file name, but there is a { without a matching } or
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the other way around. It should be used like this: {foo,bar}. This matches
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"foo" and "bar".
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*E315* >
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ml_get: invalid lnum: {number}
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This is an internal Vim error. Please try to find out how it can be
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reproduced, and submit a |bug-report|.
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*E173* >
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{number} more files to edit
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You are trying to exit, while the last item in the argument list has not been
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edited. This protects you from accidentally exiting when you still have more
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files to work on. See |argument-list|. If you do want to exit, just do it
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again and it will work.
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*E23* *E194* >
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No alternate file
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No alternate file name to substitute for '#'
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The alternate file is not defined yet. See |alternate-file|.
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*E32* >
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No file name
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The current buffer has no name. To write it, use ":w fname". Or give the
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buffer a name with ":file fname".
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*E141* >
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No file name for buffer {number}
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One of the buffers that was changed does not have a file name. Therefore it
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cannot be written. You need to give the buffer a file name: >
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:buffer {number}
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:file {filename}
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*E33* >
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No previous substitute regular expression
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When using the '~' character in a pattern, it is replaced with the previously
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used pattern in a ":substitute" command. This fails when no such command has
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been used yet. See |/~|. This also happens when using ":s/pat/%/", where the
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"%" stands for the previous substitute string.
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*E35* >
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No previous regular expression
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When using an empty search pattern, the previous search pattern is used. But
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that is not possible if there was no previous search.
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*E24* >
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No such abbreviation
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You have used an ":unabbreviate" command with an argument which is not an
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existing abbreviation. All variations of this command give the same message:
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":cunabbrev", ":iunabbrev", etc. Check for trailing white space.
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*E31* >
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No such mapping
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You have used an ":unmap" command with an argument which is not an existing
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mapping. All variations of this command give the same message: ":cunmap",
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":unmap!", etc. A few hints:
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- Check for trailing white space.
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- If the mapping is buffer-local you need to use ":unmap <buffer>".
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|:map-<buffer>|
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*E37* *E89* >
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No write since last change (add ! to override)
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No write since last change for buffer {N} (add ! to override)
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You are trying to |abandon| a file that has changes. Vim protects you from
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losing your work. You can either write the changed file with ":w", or, if you
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are sure, |abandon| it anyway, and lose all the changes. This can be done by
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adding a '!' character just after the command you used. Example: >
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:e other_file
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changes to: >
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:e! other_file
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*E162* >
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No write since last change for buffer "{name}"
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This appears when you try to exit Vim while some buffers are changed. You
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will either have to write the changed buffer (with |:w|), or use a command to
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abandon the buffer forcefully, e.g., with ":qa!". Careful, make sure you
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don't throw away changes you really want to keep. You might have forgotten
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about a buffer, especially when 'hidden' is set.
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>
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[No write since last change]
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This appears when executing a shell command while at least one buffer was
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changed. To avoid the message reset the 'warn' option.
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*E38* >
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Null argument
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Something inside Vim went wrong and resulted in a NULL pointer. If you know
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how to reproduce this problem, please report it. |bugs|
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*E41* *E82* *E83* *E342* >
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Out of memory!
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Out of memory! (allocating {number} bytes)
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Cannot allocate any buffer, exiting...
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Cannot allocate buffer, using other one...
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Oh, oh. You must have been doing something complicated, or some other program
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is consuming your memory. Be careful! Vim is not completely prepared for an
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out-of-memory situation. First make sure that any changes are saved. Then
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try to solve the memory shortage. To stay on the safe side, exit Vim and
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start again.
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Buffers are only partly kept in memory, thus editing a very large file is
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unlikely to cause an out-of-memory situation. Undo information is completely
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in memory, you can reduce that with these options:
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- 'undolevels' Set to a low value, or to -1 to disable undo completely. This
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helps for a change that affects all lines.
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- 'undoreload' Set to zero to disable.
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*E339* >
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Pattern too long
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This happens on systems with 16 bit ints: The compiled regexp pattern is
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longer than about 65000 characters. Try using a shorter pattern.
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It also happens when the offset of a rule doesn't fit in the space available.
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Try simplifying the pattern.
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*E45* >
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'readonly' option is set (add ! to override)
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You are trying to write a file that was marked as read-only. To write the
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file anyway, either reset the 'readonly' option, or add a '!' character just
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after the command you used. Example: >
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:w
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changes to: >
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:w!
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*E294* *E295* *E301* >
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Read error in swap file
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Seek error in swap file read
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Oops, lost the swap file!!!
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Vim tried to read text from the |swap-file|, but something went wrong. The
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text in the related buffer may now be corrupted! Check carefully before you
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write a buffer. You may want to write it in another file and check for
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differences.
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*E192* >
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Recursive use of :normal too deep
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You are using a ":normal" command, whose argument again uses a ":normal"
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command in a recursive way. This is restricted to 'maxmapdepth' levels. This
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example illustrates how to get this message: >
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:map gq :normal gq<CR>
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If you type "gq", it will execute this mapping, which will call "gq" again.
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*E22* >
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Scripts nested too deep
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Scripts can be read with the "-s" command-line argument and with the
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`:source!` command. The script can then again read another script. This can
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continue for about 14 levels. When more nesting is done, Vim assumes that
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there is a recursive loop and stops with this error message.
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*E300* >
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Swap file already exists (symlink attack?)
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This message appears when Vim is trying to open a swap file and finds it
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already exists or finds a symbolic link in its place. This shouldn't happen,
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because Vim already checked that the file doesn't exist. Either someone else
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opened the same file at exactly the same moment (very unlikely) or someone is
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attempting a symlink attack (could happen when editing a file in /tmp or when
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'directory' starts with "/tmp", which is a bad choice).
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*E432* >
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Tags file not sorted: {file name}
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Vim (and Vi) expect tags files to be sorted in ASCII order. Binary searching
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can then be used, which is a lot faster than a linear search. If your tags
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files are not properly sorted, reset the |'tagbsearch'| option.
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This message is only given when Vim detects a problem when searching for a
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tag. Sometimes this message is not given, even though the tags file is not
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properly sorted.
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*E424* >
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Too many different highlighting attributes in use
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Vim can only handle about 223 different kinds of highlighting. If you run
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into this limit, you have used too many |:highlight| commands with different
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arguments. A ":highlight link" is not counted.
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*E77* >
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Too many file names
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When expanding file names, more than one match was found. Only one match is
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allowed for the command that was used.
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*E303* >
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Unable to open swap file for "{filename}", recovery impossible
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Vim was not able to create a swap file. You can still edit the file, but if
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Vim unexpectedly exits the changes will be lost. And Vim may consume a lot of
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memory when editing a big file. You may want to change the 'directory' option
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to avoid this error. This error is not given when 'directory' is empty. See
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|swap-file|.
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*E140* >
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Use ! to write partial buffer
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When using a range to write part of a buffer, it is unusual to overwrite the
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original file. It is probably a mistake (e.g., when Visual mode was active
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when using ":w"), therefore Vim requires using a ! after the command, e.g.:
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":3,10w!".
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>
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Warning: Cannot convert string "<Key>Escape,_Key_Cancel" to type
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VirtualBinding
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Messages like this appear when starting up. This is not a Vim problem, your
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X11 configuration is wrong.
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*W10* >
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Warning: Changing a readonly file
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The file is read-only and you are making a change to it anyway. You can use
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the |FileChangedRO| autocommand event to avoid this message (the autocommand
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must reset the 'readonly' option). See 'modifiable' to completely disallow
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making changes to a file.
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This message is only given for the first change after 'readonly' has been set.
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*W13* >
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Warning: File "{filename}" has been created after editing started
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You are editing a file in Vim when it didn't exist, but it does exist now.
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You will have to decide if you want to keep the version in Vim or the newly
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created file. This message is not given when 'buftype' is not empty.
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*W11* >
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Warning: File "{filename}" has changed since editing started
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The file which you have started editing has got another timestamp and the
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contents changed (more precisely: When reading the file again with the current
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option settings and autocommands you would end up with different text). This
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probably means that some other program changed the file. You will have to
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find out what happened, and decide which version of the file you want to keep.
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Set the 'autoread' option if you want to do this automatically.
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This message is not given when 'buftype' is not empty.
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Also see the |FileChangedShell| autocommand.
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There is one situation where you get this message even though there is nothing
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wrong: If you save a file in Windows on the day the daylight saving time
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starts. It can be fixed in one of these ways:
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- Add this line in your autoexec.bat: >
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SET TZ=-1
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< Adjust the "-1" for your time zone.
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- Disable "automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes".
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- Just write the file again the next day. Or set your clock to the next day,
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write the file twice and set the clock back.
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If you get W11 all the time, you may need to disable "Acronis Active
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Protection" or register Vim as a trusted service/application.
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*W12* >
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Warning: File "{filename}" has changed and the buffer was changed in Vim as well
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Like the above, and the buffer for the file was changed in this Vim as well.
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You will have to decide if you want to keep the version in this Vim or the one
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on disk. This message is not given when 'buftype' is not empty.
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*W16* >
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Warning: Mode of file "{filename}" has changed since editing started
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When the timestamp for a buffer was changed and the contents are still the
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same but the mode (permissions) have changed. This usually occurs when
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checking out a file from a version control system, which causes the read-only
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bit to be reset. It should be safe to reload the file. Set 'autoread' to
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automatically reload the file.
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*E211* >
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File "{filename}" no longer available
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The file which you have started editing has disappeared, or is no longer
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accessible. Make sure you write the buffer somewhere to avoid losing
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changes. This message is not given when 'buftype' is not empty.
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*W14* >
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Warning: List of file names overflow
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You must be using an awful lot of buffers. It's now possible that two buffers
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have the same number, which causes various problems. You might want to exit
|
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Vim and restart it.
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*E931* >
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Buffer cannot be registered
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|
Out of memory or a duplicate buffer number. May happen after W14. Looking up
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a buffer will not always work, better restart Vim.
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*E296* *E297* >
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Seek error in swap file write
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Write error in swap file
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This mostly happens when the disk is full. Vim could not write text into the
|
|
|swap-file|. It's not directly harmful, but when Vim unexpectedly exits some
|
|
text may be lost without recovery being possible. Vim might run out of memory
|
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when this problem persists.
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*E10* >
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\\ should be followed by /, ? or &
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A command line started with a backslash or the range of a command contained a
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backslash in a wrong place. This is often caused by command-line continuation
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|
being disabled. Remove the 'C' flag from the 'cpoptions' option to enable it.
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*E471* >
|
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Argument required
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|
Ex command was executed without a mandatory argument(s).
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*E474* *E475* *E983* >
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Invalid argument
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|
Invalid argument: {arg}
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Duplicate argument: {arg}
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|
Ex command or function was given an invalid argument. Or |jobstart()| or
|
|
|system()| was given a non-executable command.
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*E488* >
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Trailing characters
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|
An argument was given to an Ex command that does not permit one.
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|
Or the argument has invalid characters and has not been recognized.
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*E477* *E478* >
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No ! allowed
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Don't panic!
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You have added a "!" after an Ex command that doesn't permit one.
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*E481* >
|
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No range allowed
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A range was specified for an Ex command that doesn't permit one. See
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|
|cmdline-ranges|.
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*E482* *E483* >
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Can't create file {filename}
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Can't get temp file name
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|
|
Vim cannot create a temporary file.
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*E484* *E485* >
|
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Can't open file {filename}
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Can't read file {filename}
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|
|
Vim cannot read a temporary file. Especially on Windows, this can be caused
|
|
by wrong escaping of special characters for cmd.exe; the approach was
|
|
changed with patch 7.3.443. Try using |shellescape()| for all shell arguments
|
|
given to |system()|, or explicitly add escaping with ^. Also see
|
|
'shellxquote' and 'shellxescape'.
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|
|
*E464* >
|
|
Ambiguous use of user-defined command
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|
|
There are two user-defined commands with a common name prefix, and you used
|
|
Command-line completion to execute one of them. |user-cmd-ambiguous|
|
|
Example: >
|
|
:command MyCommand1 echo "one"
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|
:command MyCommand2 echo "two"
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|
:MyCommand
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<
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|
*E492* >
|
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Not an editor command
|
|
|
|
You tried to execute a command that is neither an Ex command nor
|
|
a user-defined command.
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|
|
|
*E905* >
|
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Cannot set this option after startup
|
|
|
|
You tried to set an option after startup that only allows changes during
|
|
startup.
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|
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|
*E943* >
|
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Command table needs to be updated, run 'make'
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|
|
|
This can only happen when changing the source code, after adding a command in
|
|
src/ex_cmds.lua. Update the lookup table by re-running the build. >
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==============================================================================
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3. Messages *messages*
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|
|
This is an (incomplete) overview of various messages that Vim gives:
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|
|
|
*hit-enter* *press-enter* *hit-return*
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|
*press-return* *hit-enter-prompt*
|
|
|
|
Press ENTER or type command to continue
|
|
|
|
This message is given when there is something on the screen for you to read,
|
|
and the screen is about to be redrawn:
|
|
- After executing an external command (e.g., ":!ls" and "=").
|
|
- Something is displayed on the status line that is longer than the width of
|
|
the window, or runs into the 'showcmd' or 'ruler' output.
|
|
|
|
-> Press <Enter> or <Space> to redraw the screen and continue, without that
|
|
key being used otherwise.
|
|
-> Press ':' or any other Normal mode command character to start that command.
|
|
Note that after an external command some special keys, such as the cursor
|
|
keys, may not work normally, because the terminal is still set to a state
|
|
for executing the external command.
|
|
-> Press 'k', <Up>, 'u', 'b' or 'g' to scroll back in the messages. This
|
|
works the same way as at the |more-prompt|. Only works when 'more' is on.
|
|
-> Pressing 'j', 'f', 'd' or <Down> is ignored when messages scrolled off the
|
|
top of the screen and 'more' is on, to avoid that typing one 'j' or 'f' too
|
|
many causes the messages to disappear.
|
|
-> Press <C-Y> to copy (yank) a modeless selection to the clipboard register.
|
|
-> Use a menu. The characters defined for Cmdline-mode are used.
|
|
-> When 'mouse' contains the 'r' flag, clicking the left mouse button works
|
|
like pressing <Space>. This makes it impossible to select text though.
|
|
-> For the GUI clicking the left mouse button in the last line works like
|
|
pressing <Space>.
|
|
|
|
If you accidentally hit <Enter> or <Space> and you want to see the displayed
|
|
text then use |g<|. This only works when 'more' is set.
|
|
|
|
To reduce the number of hit-enter prompts:
|
|
- Set 'cmdheight' to 2 or higher.
|
|
- Add flags to 'shortmess'.
|
|
- Reset 'showcmd' and/or 'ruler'.
|
|
- Make sure `:echo` text is within |v:echospace| screen cells.
|
|
|
|
If your script causes the hit-enter prompt and you don't know why, you may
|
|
find the |v:scrollstart| variable useful.
|
|
|
|
Also see 'mouse'. The hit-enter message is highlighted with the |hl-Question|
|
|
group.
|
|
|
|
|
|
*more-prompt* *pager* >
|
|
-- More --
|
|
-- More -- SPACE/d/j: screen/page/line down, b/u/k: up, q: quit
|
|
|
|
This message is given when the screen is filled with messages. It is only
|
|
given when the 'more' option is on. It is highlighted with the |hl-MoreMsg|
|
|
group.
|
|
|
|
Type effect ~
|
|
<CR> or <NL> or j or <Down> one more line
|
|
d down a page (half a screen)
|
|
<Space> or f or <PageDown> down a screen
|
|
G down all the way, until the hit-enter
|
|
prompt
|
|
|
|
<BS> or k or <Up> one line back
|
|
u up a page (half a screen)
|
|
b or <PageUp> back a screen
|
|
g back to the start
|
|
|
|
q, <Esc> or CTRL-C stop the listing
|
|
: stop the listing and enter a
|
|
command-line
|
|
<C-Y> yank (copy) a modeless selection to
|
|
the clipboard ("* and "+ registers)
|
|
{menu-entry} what the menu is defined to in
|
|
Cmdline-mode.
|
|
<LeftMouse> (*) next page
|
|
|
|
Any other key causes the meaning of the keys to be displayed.
|
|
|
|
(*) Clicking the left mouse button only works:
|
|
- For the GUI: in the last line of the screen.
|
|
- When 'r' is included in 'mouse' (but then selecting text won't work).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: The typed key is directly obtained from the terminal, it is not mapped
|
|
and typeahead is ignored.
|
|
|
|
The |g<| command can be used to see the last page of previous command output.
|
|
This is especially useful if you accidentally typed <Space> at the hit-enter
|
|
prompt.
|
|
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|
vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl:
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