Re: Weird problem with helpgrep

2007-02-01 Thread DervishD
Hi François :) * François Pinard [EMAIL PROTECTED] dixit: [DervishD] [Bram Moolenaar] Only a few things might need to be spread to other directories, using symlinks when possible (binary in /usr/local/bin, libs in /usr/local/lib, header files in /usr/local/include). Well, I know

Re: Weird problem with helpgrep

2007-01-31 Thread François Pinard
[DervishD] [Bram Moolenaar] Only a few things might need to be spread to other directories, using symlinks when possible (binary in /usr/local/bin, libs in /usr/local/lib, header files in /usr/local/include). Well, I know about a packaging system that does exactly that (I don't remember

Re: Weird problem with helpgrep

2007-01-30 Thread DervishD
Hi Bram :) * Bram Moolenaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] dixit: DervishD wrote: Given that /usr/doc or /usr/share/doc are pretty standard when it comes to install documentation, shouldn't ex_helpgrep use the directory from helpfile too, just like :help does? Vim documentation must be in

Re: Weird problem with helpgrep

2007-01-30 Thread Bram Moolenaar
DervishD wrote: Generally I find it quite strange to order application-specific files by their type instead of by the application. But that's a very sensible thing to do. This way you can partition the hiearchy much more efficiently. For example, I have my /usr zone backup recorded

Re: Weird problem with helpgrep

2007-01-29 Thread DervishD
Hi Tony :) * A.J.Mechelynck [EMAIL PROTECTED] dixit: DervishD wrote: I've discovered that :helpgrep pattern doesn't work for me, always returning E480 (BTW, :help E480 shows help about argdelete, as if E numbers in source code and docs weren't synchronized). But that's not the

Re: Weird problem with helpgrep

2007-01-29 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
DervishD wrote: Hi Bill :) * Bill McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] dixit: On Sun 28-Jan-07 4:33pm -0600, DervishD wrote: Finally, examining the source code, I found the problem. I have my vim documentation installed in /usr/doc, which is where all documentation is installed on my system. I've

Re: Weird problem with helpgrep

2007-01-29 Thread DervishD
Hi Tony :) * A.J.Mechelynck [EMAIL PROTECTED] dixit: DervishD wrote: That won't work, because docs are not in /usr/doc/vim/doc, but in /usr/doc/vim. Otherwise it would work. On my system, documentation is under /usr/share/doc/packagename (the share part is variable, since I maintain

Re: Weird problem with helpgrep

2007-01-29 Thread Bram Moolenaar
DervishD wrote: I've discovered that :helpgrep pattern doesn't work for me, always returning E480 (BTW, :help E480 shows help about argdelete, as if E numbers in source code and docs weren't synchronized). But that's not the weird part. If I search for a very common word (let's

Weird problem with helpgrep

2007-01-28 Thread DervishD
Hi all :) I've discovered that :helpgrep pattern doesn't work for me, always returning E480 (BTW, :help E480 shows help about argdelete, as if E numbers in source code and docs weren't synchronized). But that's not the weird part. If I search for a very common word (let's say most,

Re: Weird problem with helpgrep

2007-01-28 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
DervishD wrote: Hi all :) I've discovered that :helpgrep pattern doesn't work for me, always returning E480 (BTW, :help E480 shows help about argdelete, as if E numbers in source code and docs weren't synchronized). But that's not the weird part. If I search for a very common word

Re: Weird problem with helpgrep

2007-01-28 Thread Bill McCarthy
On Sun 28-Jan-07 4:33pm -0600, DervishD wrote: Finally, examining the source code, I found the problem. I have my vim documentation installed in /usr/doc, which is where all documentation is installed on my system. I've set helpfile so :help finds the docs. BUT :helpgrep doesn't use