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1 *message.txt* For Vim version 8.2. Last change: 2022 Jan 26
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 This file contains an alphabetical list of messages and error messages that
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8 Vim produces. You can use this if you don't understand what the message
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9 means. It is not complete though.
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11 1. Old messages |:messages|
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12 2. Error messages |error-messages|
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13 3. Messages |messages|
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15 ==============================================================================
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16 1. Old messages *:messages* *:mes* *message-history*
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18 The ":messages" command can be used to view previously given messages. This
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19 is especially useful when messages have been overwritten or truncated. This
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20 depends on the 'shortmess' option.
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22 :mes[sages] Show all messages.
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24 :{count}mes[sages] Show the {count} most recent messages.
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26 :mes[sages] clear Clear all messages.
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29 Clear messages, keeping only the {count} most
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32 The number of remembered messages is fixed at 200.
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34 *g<*
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35 The "g<" command can be used to see the last page of previous command output.
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36 This is especially useful if you accidentally typed <Space> at the hit-enter
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37 prompt. You are then back at the hit-enter prompt and can then scroll further
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38 back.
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39 Note: If the output has been stopped with "q" at the more prompt, it will only
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40 be displayed up to this point.
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41 The previous command output is cleared when another command produces output.
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44 If you are using translated messages, the first printed line tells who
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45 maintains the messages or the translations. You can use this to contact the
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46 maintainer when you spot a mistake.
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48 If you want to find help on a specific (error) message, use the ID at the
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49 start of the message. For example, to get help on the message:
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51 E72: Close error on swap file ~
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57 Use: >
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59 :help E72
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65 The number in this ID has no meaning.
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68 2. Error messages *error-messages* *errors*
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70 When an error message is displayed, but it is removed before you could read
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71 it, you can see it again with: >
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72 :echo errmsg
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78 LIST OF MESSAGES
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79 *E222* *E228* *E232* *E293* *E298* *E304* *E317*
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80 *E318* *E356* *E438* *E439* *E440* *E316* *E320* *E322*
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81 *E323* *E341* *E473* *E570* *E685* *E292*
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104 report. |bugs|
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116 wiped out a buffer which contains a mark or is referenced in another way.
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129 closed properly. Mostly harmless.
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150 *E458*
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158 netscape by telling it to use its own colormap:
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159 netscape -install ~
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160 Or tell it to limit to a certain number of colors (64 should work well):
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344 "gvim" and ":gui" don't work.
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350 'scrolloff' options.
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353 "{filename}" is a directory ~
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355 You tried to write a file with the name of a directory. This is not possible.
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356 You probably need to append a file name.
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362 happen when you have a mark in another file, and some other program has
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363 deleted lines from it.
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365 *E219* *E220*
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366 Missing {. ~
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367 Missing }. ~
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369 Using a {} construct in a file name, but there is a { without a matching } or
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370 the other way around. It should be used like this: {foo,bar}. This matches
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371 "foo" and "bar".
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373 *E315*
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374 ml_get: invalid lnum: {number} ~
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379 *E173*
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380 {number} more files to edit ~
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382 You are trying to exit, while the last item in the argument list has not been
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383 edited. This protects you from accidentally exiting when you still have more
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384 files to work on. See |argument-list|. If you do want to exit, just do it
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385 again and it will work.
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387 *E23* *E194*
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388 No alternate file ~
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389 No alternate file name to substitute for '#' ~
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391 The alternate file is not defined yet. See |alternate-file|.
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394 No file name ~
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396 The current buffer has no name. To write it, use ":w fname". Or give the
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400 No file name for buffer {number} ~
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402 One of the buffers that was changed does not have a file name. Therefore it
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403 cannot be written. You need to give the buffer a file name: >
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404 :buffer {number}
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407 *E33*
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408 No previous substitute regular expression ~
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415 *E35*
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416 No previous regular expression ~
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419 that is not possible if there was no previous search.
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422 No such abbreviation ~
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424 You have used an ":unabbreviate" command with an argument which is not an
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425 existing abbreviation. All variations of this command give the same message:
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426 ":cunabbrev", ":iunabbrev", etc. Check for trailing white space.
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429 /dev/dsp: No such file or directory ~
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434 *E31*
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435 No such mapping ~
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444 *E37* *E89*
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445 No write since last change (add ! to override) ~
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448 You are trying to |abandon| a file that has changes. Vim protects you from
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449 losing your work. You can either write the changed file with ":w", or, if you
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450 are sure, |abandon| it anyway, and lose all the changes. This can be done by
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452 :e other_file
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454 :e! other_file
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457 No write since last change for buffer "{name}" ~
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459 This appears when you try to exit Vim while some buffers are changed. You
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460 will either have to write the changed buffer (with |:w|), or use a command to
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461 abandon the buffer forcefully, e.g., with ":qa!". Careful, make sure you
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462 don't throw away changes you really want to keep. You might have forgotten
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466 [No write since last change] ~
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468 This appears when executing a shell command while at least one buffer was
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469 changed. To avoid the message reset the 'warn' option.
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471 *E38*
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472 Null argument ~
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474 Something inside Vim went wrong and resulted in a NULL pointer. If you know
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477 *E41* *E82* *E83* *E342*
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478 Out of memory! ~
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485 out-of-memory situation. First make sure that any changes are saved. Then
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489 If this happens while Vim is still initializing, editing files is very
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490 unlikely to work, therefore Vim will exit with value 123.
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492 Buffers are only partly kept in memory, thus editing a very large file is
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493 unlikely to cause an out-of-memory situation. Undo information is completely
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494 in memory, you can reduce that with these options:
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499 *E339*
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500 Pattern too long ~
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504 It also happens when the offset of a rule doesn't fit in the space available.
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505 Try simplifying the pattern.
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507 *E45*
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508 'readonly' option is set (add ! to override) ~
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511 file anyway, either reset the 'readonly' option, or add a '!' character just
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513 :w
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514 changes to: >
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515 :w!
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516 <
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517 *E294* *E295* *E301*
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518 Read error in swap file ~
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519 Seek error in swap file read ~
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520 Oops, lost the swap file!!! ~
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522 Vim tried to read text from the |swap-file|, but something went wrong. The
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523 text in the related buffer may now be corrupted! Check carefully before you
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524 write a buffer. You may want to write it in another file and check for
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525 differences.
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526
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527 *E192*
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528 Recursive use of :normal too deep ~
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529
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530 You are using a ":normal" command, whose argument again uses a ":normal"
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531 command in a recursive way. This is restricted to 'maxmapdepth' levels. This
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532 example illustrates how to get this message: >
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533 :map gq :normal gq<CR>
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534 If you type "gq", it will execute this mapping, which will call "gq" again.
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535
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536 *E22*
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537 Scripts nested too deep ~
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539 Scripts can be read with the "-s" command-line argument and with the
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540 `:source!` command. The script can then again read another script. This can
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541 continue for about 14 levels. When more nesting is done, Vim assumes that
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542 there is a recursive loop and stops with this error message.
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544 *E319*
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545 Sorry, the command is not available in this version ~
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546
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547 You have used a command that is not present in the version of Vim you are
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548 using. When compiling Vim, many different features can be enabled or
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549 disabled. This depends on how big Vim has chosen to be and the operating
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550 system. See |+feature-list| for when which feature is available. The
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551 |:version| command shows which feature Vim was compiled with.
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552
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553 *E300*
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554 Swap file already exists (symlink attack?) ~
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555
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556 This message appears when Vim is trying to open a swap file and finds it
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557 already exists or finds a symbolic link in its place. This shouldn't happen,
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558 because Vim already checked that the file doesn't exist. Either someone else
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559 opened the same file at exactly the same moment (very unlikely) or someone is
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560 attempting a symlink attack (could happen when editing a file in /tmp or when
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561 'directory' starts with "/tmp", which is a bad choice).
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562
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563 *E432*
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564 Tags file not sorted: {file name} ~
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565
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566 Vim (and Vi) expect tags files to be sorted in ASCII order. Binary searching
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567 can then be used, which is a lot faster than a linear search. If your tags
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568 files are not properly sorted, reset the |'tagbsearch'| option.
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569 This message is only given when Vim detects a problem when searching for a
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570 tag. Sometimes this message is not given, even though the tags file is not
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571 properly sorted.
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572
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573 *E424*
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574 Too many different highlighting attributes in use ~
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575
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576 Vim can only handle about 223 different kinds of highlighting. If you run
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577 into this limit, you have used too many |:highlight| commands with different
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578 arguments. A ":highlight link" is not counted.
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579
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580 *E77*
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581 Too many file names ~
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582
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583 When expanding file names, more than one match was found. Only one match is
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584 allowed for the command that was used.
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585
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586 *E303*
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587 Unable to open swap file for "{filename}", recovery impossible ~
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588
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589 Vim was not able to create a swap file. You can still edit the file, but if
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590 Vim unexpectedly exits the changes will be lost. And Vim may consume a lot of
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591 memory when editing a big file. You may want to change the 'directory' option
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592 to avoid this error. This error is not given when 'directory' is empty. See
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593 |swap-file|.
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595 *E140*
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596 Use ! to write partial buffer ~
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597
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598 When using a range to write part of a buffer, it is unusual to overwrite the
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599 original file. It is probably a mistake (e.g., when Visual mode was active
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600 when using ":w"), therefore Vim requires using a ! after the command, e.g.:
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601 ":3,10w!".
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602
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604 Warning: Cannot convert string "<Key>Escape,_Key_Cancel" to type ~
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605 VirtualBinding ~
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606
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607 Messages like this appear when starting up. This is not a Vim problem, your
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608 X11 configuration is wrong. You can find a hint on how to solve this here:
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609 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/12179.
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610 [this URL is no longer valid]
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611
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612 *W10*
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613 Warning: Changing a readonly file ~
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614
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615 The file is read-only and you are making a change to it anyway. You can use
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616 the |FileChangedRO| autocommand event to avoid this message (the autocommand
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617 must reset the 'readonly' option). See 'modifiable' to completely disallow
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618 making changes to a file.
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619 This message is only given for the first change after 'readonly' has been set.
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621 *W13*
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622 Warning: File "{filename}" has been created after editing started ~
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623
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624 You are editing a file in Vim when it didn't exist, but it does exist now.
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625 You will have to decide if you want to keep the version in Vim or the newly
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626 created file. This message is not given when 'buftype' is not empty.
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627
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628 *W11*
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629 Warning: File "{filename}" has changed since editing started ~
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630
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631 The file which you have started editing has got another timestamp and the
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632 contents changed (more precisely: When reading the file again with the current
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633 option settings and autocommands you would end up with different text). This
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634 probably means that some other program changed the file. You will have to
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635 find out what happened, and decide which version of the file you want to keep.
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636 Set the 'autoread' option if you want to do this automatically.
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637 This message is not given when 'buftype' is not empty.
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638
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639 There is one situation where you get this message even though there is nothing
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640 wrong: If you save a file in Windows on the day the daylight saving time
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641 starts. It can be fixed in one of these ways:
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642 - Add this line in your autoexec.bat: >
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643 SET TZ=-1
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644 < Adjust the "-1" for your time zone.
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645 - Disable "automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes".
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646 - Just write the file again the next day. Or set your clock to the next day,
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647 write the file twice and set the clock back.
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648
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649 If you get W11 all the time, you may need to disable "Acronis Active
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650 Protection" or register Vim as a trusted service/application.
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651
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652 *W12*
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653 Warning: File "{filename}" has changed and the buffer was changed in Vim as well ~
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655 Like the above, and the buffer for the file was changed in this Vim as well.
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656 You will have to decide if you want to keep the version in this Vim or the one
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657 on disk. This message is not given when 'buftype' is not empty.
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659 *W16*
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660 Warning: Mode of file "{filename}" has changed since editing started ~
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662 When the timestamp for a buffer was changed and the contents are still the
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663 same but the mode (permissions) have changed. This usually occurs when
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664 checking out a file from a version control system, which causes the read-only
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665 bit to be reset. It should be safe to reload the file. Set 'autoread' to
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666 automatically reload the file.
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668 *E211*
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669 File "{filename}" no longer available ~
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670
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671 The file which you have started editing has disappeared, or is no longer
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672 accessible. Make sure you write the buffer somewhere to avoid losing
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673 changes. This message is not given when 'buftype' is not empty.
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675 *W14*
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676 Warning: List of file names overflow ~
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677
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678 You must be using an awful lot of buffers. It's now possible that two buffers
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679 have the same number, which causes various problems. You might want to exit
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680 Vim and restart it.
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682 *E931*
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683 Buffer cannot be registered ~
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686 a buffer will not always work, better restart Vim.
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687
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688 *E296* *E297*
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689 Seek error in swap file write ~
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690 Write error in swap file ~
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691
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692 This mostly happens when the disk is full. Vim could not write text into the
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693 |swap-file|. It's not directly harmful, but when Vim unexpectedly exits some
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694 text may be lost without recovery being possible. Vim might run out of memory
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695 when this problem persists.
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696
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697 *connection-refused*
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698 Xlib: connection to "<machine-name:0.0" refused by server ~
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699
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700 This happens when Vim tries to connect to the X server, but the X server does
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701 not allow a connection. The connection to the X server is needed to be able
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702 to restore the title and for the xterm clipboard support. Unfortunately this
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703 error message cannot be avoided, except by disabling the |+xterm_clipboard|
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704 and |+X11| features.
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705
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706 *E10*
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707 \\ should be followed by /, ? or & ~
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708
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709 A command line started with a backslash or the range of a command contained a
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710 backslash in a wrong place. This is often caused by command-line continuation
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711 being disabled. Remove the 'C' flag from the 'cpoptions' option to enable it.
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712 Or use ":set nocp".
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714 *E471*
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715 Argument required ~
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716
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717 This happens when an Ex command with mandatory argument(s) was executed, but
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718 no argument has been specified.
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719
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720 *E474* *E475* *E983*
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721 Invalid argument ~
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722 Invalid argument: {arg} ~
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723 Duplicate argument: {arg} ~
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725 An Ex command or function has been executed, but an invalid argument has been
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726 specified.
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728 *E488*
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729 Trailing characters ~
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730 Trailing characters: {text} ~
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731
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732 An argument has been added to an Ex command that does not permit one.
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733 Or the argument has invalid characters and has not been recognized.
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735 *E477* *E478*
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736 No ! allowed ~
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737 Don't panic! ~
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738
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739 You have added a "!" after an Ex command that doesn't permit one.
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741 *E481*
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742 No range allowed ~
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743
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744 A range was specified for an Ex command that doesn't permit one. See
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745 |cmdline-ranges|.
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746
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747 *E482* *E483*
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748 Can't create file {filename} ~
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749 Can't get temp file name ~
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750
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751 Vim cannot create a temporary file.
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752
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753 *E484* *E485*
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754 Can't open file {filename} ~
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755 Can't read file {filename} ~
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757 Vim cannot read a temporary file. Especially on Windows, this can be caused
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758 by wrong escaping of special characters for cmd.exe; the approach was
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759 changed with patch 7.3.443. Try using |shellescape()| for all shell arguments
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760 given to |system()|, or explicitly add escaping with ^. Also see
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761 'shellxquote' and 'shellxescape'.
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763 *E464*
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764 Ambiguous use of user-defined command ~
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765
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766 There are two user-defined commands with a common name prefix, and you used
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767 Command-line completion to execute one of them. |user-cmd-ambiguous|
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768 Example: >
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769 :command MyCommand1 echo "one"
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770 :command MyCommand2 echo "two"
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771 :MyCommand
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772 <
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773 *E492*
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774 Not an editor command ~
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775
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776 You tried to execute a command that is neither an Ex command nor
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777 a user-defined command.
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778
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779 *E943*
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780 Command table needs to be updated, run 'make cmdidxs' ~
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781
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782 This can only happen when changing the source code, when adding a command in
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783 src/ex_cmds.h. The lookup table then needs to be updated, by running: >
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784 make cmdidxs
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785 <
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786 *E928* *E889*
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787 E928: String required ~
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788 E889: Number required ~
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789
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790 These happen when a value or expression is used that does not have the
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791 expected type.
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792
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793 ==============================================================================
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794 3. Messages *messages*
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795
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796 This is an (incomplete) overview of various messages that Vim gives:
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798 *hit-enter* *press-enter* *hit-return*
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799 *press-return* *hit-enter-prompt*
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800
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801 Press ENTER or type command to continue ~
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802
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803 This message is given when there is something on the screen for you to read,
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804 and the screen is about to be redrawn:
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805 - After executing an external command (e.g., ":!ls" and "=").
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806 - Something is displayed on the status line that is longer than the width of
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807 the window, or runs into the 'showcmd' or 'ruler' output.
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808
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809 -> Press <Enter> or <Space> to redraw the screen and continue, without that
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810 key being used otherwise.
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811 -> Press ':' or any other Normal mode command character to start that command.
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812 Note that after an external command some special keys, such as the cursor
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813 keys, may not work normally, because the terminal is still set to a state
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814 for executing the external command.
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815 -> Press 'k', <Up>, 'u', 'b' or 'g' to scroll back in the messages. This
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816 works the same way as at the |more-prompt|. Only works when 'compatible'
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817 is off and 'more' is on.
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818 -> Pressing 'j', 'f', 'd' or <Down> is ignored when messages scrolled off the
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819 top of the screen, 'compatible' is off and 'more' is on, to avoid that
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820 typing one 'j' or 'f' too many causes the messages to disappear.
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821 -> Press <C-Y> to copy (yank) a modeless selection to the clipboard register.
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822 -> Use a menu. The characters defined for Cmdline-mode are used.
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823 -> When 'mouse' contains the 'r' flag, clicking the left mouse button works
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824 like pressing <Space>. This makes it impossible to select text though.
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825 -> For the GUI clicking the left mouse button in the last line works like
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826 pressing <Space>.
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827
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828 If you accidentally hit <Enter> or <Space> and you want to see the displayed
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829 text then use |g<|. This only works when 'more' is set.
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830
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831 To reduce the number of hit-enter prompts:
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832 - Set 'cmdheight' to 2 or higher.
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833 - Add flags to 'shortmess'.
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834 - Reset 'showcmd' and/or 'ruler'.
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835 - Make sure `:echo` text is shorter than or equal to |v:echospace| screen
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836 cells.
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838 If your script causes the hit-enter prompt and you don't know why, you may
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839 find the |v:scrollstart| variable useful.
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840
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841 Also see 'mouse'. The hit-enter message is highlighted with the |hl-Question|
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842 group.
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845 *more-prompt* *pager*
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846 -- More -- ~
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847 -- More -- SPACE/d/j: screen/page/line down, b/u/k: up, q: quit ~
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849 This message is given when the screen is filled with messages. It is only
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850 given when the 'more' option is on. It is highlighted with the |hl-MoreMsg|
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851 group.
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852
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853 Type effect ~
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854 <CR> or <NL> or j or <Down> one more line
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855 d down a page (half a screen)
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856 <Space> or f or <PageDown> down a screen
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857 G down all the way, until the hit-enter
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858 prompt
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860 <BS> or k or <Up> one line back
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861 u up a page (half a screen)
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862 b or <PageUp> back a screen
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863 g back to the start
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864
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865 q, <Esc> or CTRL-C stop the listing
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866 : stop the listing and enter a
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867 command-line
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868 <C-Y> yank (copy) a modeless selection to
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869 the clipboard ("* and "+ registers)
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870 {menu-entry} what the menu is defined to in
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871 Cmdline-mode.
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872 <LeftMouse> next page (*)
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873
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874 Any other key causes the meaning of the keys to be displayed.
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875
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876 (*) Clicking the left mouse button only works:
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877 - For the GUI: in the last line of the screen.
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878 - When 'r' is included in 'mouse' (but then selecting text won't work).
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880
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881 Note: The typed key is directly obtained from the terminal, it is not mapped
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882 and typeahead is ignored.
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883
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884 The |g<| command can be used to see the last page of previous command output.
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885 This is especially useful if you accidentally typed <Space> at the hit-enter
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886 prompt.
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887
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888 vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: