On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 05:58 +0200, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > scott wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 01:57 +0200, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > >> A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > >>> In (g)vim 7.0.90, when I try to invoke the help, let's say > >>> > >>> :help :help > >>> > >>> the program hangs; and when I finally hit Ctrl-C I get: > >>> > >>> E426: tag not found: :[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> Similarly for <F1> > >>> > >>> E426: tag not found: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> Running ":helptags" in the doc/ subdirectories of all 'rtp' directories > >>> doesn't help. > >>> > >>> > >>> Best regards, > >>> Tony. > >>> > >>> > >> Cleaned my ~/.vim and $VIM/vimfiles from a few obsolete and dubious > >> files, compiled 7.0.091 (with make reconfig), it works again (as > >> src/vim). "More fear than harm". Next thing is "make install". > >> > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Tony. > > > > tony -- all this weirdness with your help -- as dependant as > > we are on whatever is insalled for 'ctags', i'd say you might > > spend some time looking at whatever shows up for 'which ctags' > > with a thought towards maybe fixing something there > > > > scott > > > > > > IIUC it's the version of ctags that came with SuSE 9.3 > > rpm -qa |grep ctags > ctags-2004.11.15-3 > > which -a ctags > /usr/bin/ctags > > ls -l `which ctags` > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 128852 Mar 19 2005 /usr/bin/ctags > > ctags --version > Exuberant Ctags 5.5.4, Copyright (C) 1996-2003 Darren Hiebert > Compiled: Mar 19 2005, 19:18:40 > Addresses: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://ctags.sourceforge.net > Optional compiled features: +wildcards, +regex > > > > > The wierdness appeared after installing the manpageview plugin from > vim-online, and disappeared after removing it as well as versions of the > netrw and vimball plugins which had become older than the default ones > due to a runtime rsync. Don't know what _any_ of those had to do with > not finding the help; and (I checked) my doc/tags files were OK -- > anyway, regenerating them all using (internal) helptags changed nothing. > > Best regards, > Tony.
hmmm what jumped out at me in your error messages was the '@en' -- makes me think whatever happened to you relates to something to do with the english language -- did manpageview have a lot of klunky language weirdness? sc
