Marc Wilson([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 02:00:57PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote:
> > Error detected while processing function GZIP_read:
> > line 3:
> > E21: Cannot make changes, 'modifiable' is off
> > E434: Can't find tag pattern
>
> I had to remove stuff I had in ~/.vimrc dealing with reading/writing
> gzipped files in order to get help working again.
>
> AFAIR, on the first install of vim 6.0, there was a debconf message saying
> that parts of ~/.vimrc might be incompatible with the new version, but I
> ignored it at the time.
Thanks Marc. I found that too, after I sent the message. I had
commented most of the old .vimrc but hadn't reached the gzip stuff.
I must have missed, or most likely forgotten, that debconf warning.
Thanks again
Wayne
--
Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out
twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.
-- H. L. Mencken
_______________________________________________________
