great solution is implemented and works
thanks (but this is a typical development bug - but its hard to figure the solution when you dont know that you have to deal with an old bugfix) martin On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 11:39:15AM -0500, dman wrote: > On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 01:00:04PM +0200, Martin A. Hansen wrote: > | hi > | > | i cant get :help to work in vim. > | > | i get this error: > | > | "help.txt.gz" [readonly][noeol] 8L, 3051C > | Error detected while processing BufRead Auto commands for "*.gz": > | E21: Cannot make changes, 'modifiable' is off > | E434: Can't find tag pattern > | Hit ENTER or type command to continue > | > | how do i fix this? > > Old versions (<=5.8) of vim couldn't automatically handle .gz files. > Wichert (the package maintainer) put a slew of neat autocommands in > /etc/vimrc to recognize, and then transparently (de)compress the > files. > > Current versions (>=6.0) of vim handle gzipped files automatically, > and also set the 'nomodifiable' flag on help files. The nomod flag > causes the old autocommands to fail. The vimrc in the new package > doesn't have those autocommands. > > The solution : > Edit /etc/vimrc and remove all gzip related autocommands. > > -D > > -- > > If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to > all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he > asks he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave > of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. > James 1:5-6 > > GnuPG key : http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/public_key.gpg > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
