Vim gives error message since 8.2.3755-1

Vim gives error message since 8.2.3755-1

[Thomas DiModica]

Since 8.2.3755-1, Vim has given me an error message about being unable to open the defaults.vim file whenever I open a file with vi. I do not see this message with 8.2.0486-1. Notably, vi --version for the last two updates tell me that the user vimrc file is "/home/Marco/.virc", rather than "$HOME/.virc". Possibly, the problem is that I'm the only person who actually uses vi to do simple tasks who doesn't customize it to death. Anyway, it's a nuisance to me, probably will be mysterious to others.

Thanks,
Thomas D

Re: Vim gives error message since 8.2.3755-1

[René Berber]

On 7/24/2022 8:11 PM, Thomas DiModica via Cygwin wrote:

> Since 8.2.3755-1, Vim has given me an error message about being
> unable to open the defaults.vim file whenever I open a file with vi.
> I do not see this message with 8.2.0486-1. Notably, vi --version for
> the last two updates tell me that the user vimrc file is
> "/home/Marco/.virc", rather than "$HOME/.virc". [snip]

Depends on what you are really using, my vim is the alias of vi, and the 
"user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc", not .virc


$ which vi
/usr/bin/vi

$ type vi
vi is aliased to `vim'

$ vi --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2 (2019 Dec 12, compiled Feb 13 2022 22:15:51)
...
    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"
...

My guess is that one of those files have changed things up.

Also I think vim detects that it was called with an alias, and may 
behave differently.
-- 
R.B.

Re: Vim gives error message since 8.2.3755-1

[René Berber]

On 7/24/2022 8:11 PM, Thomas DiModica via Cygwin wrote:

> Since 8.2.3755-1, Vim has given me an error message about being
> unable to open the defaults.vim file whenever I open a file with vi.
> I do not see this message with 8.2.0486-1. Notably, vi --version for
> the last two updates tell me that the user vimrc file is
> "/home/Marco/.virc", rather than "$HOME/.virc". [snip]

Depends on what you are really using, my vim is the alias of vi, and the 
"user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc", not .virc


$ which vi
/usr/bin/vi

$ type vi
vi is aliased to `vim'

$ vi --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2 (2019 Dec 12, compiled Feb 13 2022 22:15:51)
...
    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"
...

My guess is that one of those files have changed things up.

Also I think vim detects that it was called with an alias, and may 
behave differently.
-- 
R.B.

Re: Vim gives error message since 8.2.3755-1

[marco atzeri]

On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 3:12 AM Thomas DiModica via Cygwin  wrote:
>
> Since 8.2.3755-1, Vim has given me an error message about being unable to open the defaults.vim file whenever I open a file with vi. I do not see this message with 8.2.0486-1. Notably, vi --version for the last two updates tell me that the user vimrc file is "/home/Marco/.virc", rather than "$HOME/.virc". Possibly, the problem is that I'm the only person who actually uses vi to do simple tasks who doesn't customize it to death. Anyway, it's a nuisance to me, probably will be mysterious to others.
>
> Thanks,
> Thomas D
>

thanks for the report

I will look on it for the next release

Regards
Marco

Re: Vim gives error message since 8.2.3755-1

[John Ruckstuhl]

There was a bug upstream and it has been fixed upstream.
I'm confident that eventually it will get to us.
Meanwhile, I found that if you simply create an empty ~/.exrc, the bug is
avoided.
See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1969936
Regards,
John Ruckstuhl

On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 2:38 AM marco atzeri <marco.atzeri@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 3:12 AM Thomas DiModica via Cygwin  wrote:
> >
> > Since 8.2.3755-1, Vim has given me an error message about being unable
> to open the defaults.vim file whenever I open a file with vi. I do not see
> this message with 8.2.0486-1. Notably, vi --version for the last two
> updates tell me that the user vimrc file is "/home/Marco/.virc", rather
> than "$HOME/.virc". Possibly, the problem is that I'm the only person who
> actually uses vi to do simple tasks who doesn't customize it to death.
> Anyway, it's a nuisance to me, probably will be mysterious to others.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Thomas D
> >
>
> thanks for the report
>
> I will look on it for the next release
>
> Regards
> Marco
>
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