Hi,
I think I found a problem in the Cygwin package vim.
The same symptom has been reported earlier to both vim and Cygwin, but I think
the problem has not yet been found.
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/cygwin/2025-January/257202.html
https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/17039
REPRODUCTION:
1. Install Cygwin and add package vim. I have:
$ cygcheck -c | grep vim
vim 9.1.1054-1 OK
vim-common 9.1.1054-1 OK
vim-doc 9.1.1054-1 OK
vim-minimal 9.1.1054-1 OK
2. Run 'view'. this gives many errors:
$ view
Error detected while processing /usr/share/vim/vim91/filetype.vim:
line 11:
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: let
did_load_filetypes = 1
line 14:
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: let s:cpo_save =
&cpo
line 48:
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: func s:StarSetf(ft)
etc.
PROBLEM:
Package vim-minimal installs 'tiny' vim and some symlinks:
usr/bin/ex -> vi.exe
usr/bin/rvi -> vi.exe
usr/bin/rview -> vi.exe
usr/bin/vi.exe
usr/bin/view -> vi.exe
Package vim and vim-common install 'huge' vim and filetype.vim:
/usr/share/vim/vim91/filetype.vim
Tiny vim will attempt to read this file, but it has no builtin support for it.
Perhaps an ideal solution would make tiny vim start without errors, but I don't
see how that is feasible.
I don't want to uninstall vim-minimal because it is a default package for
Cygwin.
Also, I think it would not solve the problem, it would just remove the commands
ex, rvi, rview, view.
Package 'vim' hides tiny 'vi' with with an alias to run vim instead:
$ cat /etc/profile.d/vim.sh
if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" -o -n "$KSH_VERSION" -o -n "$ZSH_VERSION" ]; then
# for bash and zsh, only if no alias is already set
alias vi >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias vi=vim
fi
However, there are no aliases for ex, rvi, rview, view.
These commands will still run tiny vim and report errors about filetype.vim.
$ view --version | grep " Features included"
Tiny version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
PROPOSED SOLUTION:
Package vim should provide aliases for ex, rvi, rview, view in
/etc/profile.d/vim.sh:
if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" -o -n "$KSH_VERSION" -o -n "$ZSH_VERSION" ]; then
# for bash and zsh, only if no alias is already set
alias vi >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias vi=vim
alias ex >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias ex=vim -e
alias rvi >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias rvi=vim -Z
alias rview >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias rview=vim -RZ
alias view >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias view=vim -R
fi
(See :help vim-arguments)
Also update and vim.csh and vim.fish.
WORKAROUND:
I temporarily added these aliase to my .bashrc.
Regards,
Coen
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