This may be too simple, but have you tried changing the environment variables variables to have forward slashes instead of back slashes?
Salman On Fri, Feb 16, 2024, 16:46 John Cordes <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm hoping someone can help with a problem. I've had cygwin64 installed > for at least a couple of years, with Vim v8 running just fine. I also have > Windows Vim running; this is all under Win 10. > I've just updated the cygwin64 installation and vim is now v9.0. When I > start the cygwin vim I get these lines: > > =========================== > Error detected while processing /etc/vimrc: > line 90: > E484: Can't open file C:UsersOwner_vim/vim90/syntax/syntax.vim > Error detected while processing /home/Owner/.vimrc: > line 6: > E484: Can't open file C:UsersOwner_vim/vim90/syntax/syntax.vim > Press ENTER or type command to continue > =========================== > > Pressing ENTER allows me to continue, editing files, etc. but not > surprisingly with no syntax highlighting. > > :echo $VIMRUNTIME = C:\Users\Owner\_vim/vim90 > Note the mixed up forward and backward slashes in that path. Note also the > * lack* of slashes in the paths reported above as E484. > > It seems clear that there is some sort of clash between Unix and Windows > path conventions going on but I haven't been able to figure out how to fix > it. > > The file syntax.vim does exist and is in the right location (I think): > $ ls -l /usr/share/vim/vim90/syntax/syntax.vim > -rw-r--r-- 1 Owner Administrators 1.4K Dec 20 01:57 > /usr/share/vim/vim90/syntax/syntax.vim > > vim --version includes these lines: > VIM - Vi IMproved 9.0 (2022 Jun 28, compiled Dec 20 2023 06:57:02) > Included patches: 1-2155 > system vimrc file: "/etc/vimrc" > user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc" > 2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc" > user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc" > defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim" > fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim" > > One more item: > :scriptnames > 1: /etc/vimrc > 2: ~/.vimrc > 3: ~/.vim/keymap/insert_only_capslock.vim > 4: ~/.vim/bufferlist.vim > 5: ~/.vim/plugin/matchit.vim > > Thanks for any help! > > John Cordes > > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/QB1PR01MB29933933E4C6D2C0145DDA0B9E4C2%40QB1PR01MB2993.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/QB1PR01MB29933933E4C6D2C0145DDA0B9E4C2%40QB1PR01MB2993.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CANuxnEeF0f_A2%2BfXGS6oZRn_%3Ds17W7yDfyCORm3D68AD2GjAZw%40mail.gmail.com.
