* Visser, Martin (Sydney) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> What does :help do. If that doesn't bring up the help text either, I
> suspect you have a path/ environment issue. BTW Most "vim experts"
> probably never see such errors, I certainly haven't and have been using
> vi / vim for over 10 years.
>
> Dump out :set and :version that might help us
>
Thanks Martin,
:help produces the same error codes:
E433: No tags file
E426: tag not found: help.txt
:set
--- Options ---
autoindent ignorecase showcmd viminfo='20,"50
autowrite incsearch showmatch t_Co=16
backspace=2 pastetoggle=<F4> syntax=help t_Sb=^[[4%dm
noendofline readonly textwidth=78 t_Sf=^[[3%dm
filetype=help ruler ttyfast
history=50 scroll=24 ttymouse=xterm2
fileencodings=ucs-bom,utf-8,latin1
formatoptions=tcql
helpfile=/usr/share/vim/vim61/doc/help.txt.gz
suffixes=.bak,~,.swp,.o,.info,.aux,.log,.dvi,.bbl,.blg,.brf,.cb,.ind,.idx,.ilg,.inx,.out,.toc
Hit ENTER or type command to continue
:version
VIM - Vi IMproved 6.1 (2002 Mar 24, compiled May 4 2002 18:29:30)
Included patches: 1-48
Compiled by Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Normal version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+autocmd -balloon_eval -browse +builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent -clientserver
+-clipboard
+cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments +cryptv -cscope +dialog_con +diff
+digraphs -ebcdic -emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search -farsi +file_in_path
++find_in_path
+folding -footer +fork() -gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand +jumplist +keymap
+langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap +menu +mksession
++modify_fname
+mouse -mouseshape -mouse_dec +mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm -mouse_netterm +mouse_xterm
++multi_byte
+multi_lang -osfiletype +path_extra -perl +postscript +printer -python +quickfix
+-rightleft
-ruby +scrollbind -signs +smartindent -sniff +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax
+tag_binary
+tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title
+-toolbar
+user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo +vreplace
++wildignore
+wildmenu +windows +writebackup -X11 -xfontset -xim -xterm_clipboard -xterm_save
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I/usr/local/include -g -O2
-DFEAT_LANGMAP -D
FEAT_KEYMAP -DAUTOCMD -DWANT_EVAL -DWANT_MODIFY_FNAME
Linking: gcc -L/usr/local/lib -o vim -lncurses -lgpm -ldl
I have set VIMRUNTIME=/usr/share/vim/vim61 but it down't seem to have helped.
Nick
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