On Saturday, April 20, 2013 7:54:50 AM UTC-5, xeon123 wrote:
> The syntax highlight in vim 7.3 doesn't work. I get the following error. How 
> can I fix that? 
> 
> Error detected while processing /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax/syntax.vim:
> line   42:
> E216: No such group or event: filetypedetect BufRead
> 
> I'm using Debian 7.0.
> 
> Thanks,

Works fine for me. Maybe you're using a "tiny" Vim or something? What are the 
first few lines of your :version output?

The line 42 in my /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax/syntax.vim is:

  doautoall filetypedetect BufRead

Maybe you need to turn on filetype detection prior to turning on syntax 
highlight? I seem to remember someone on this list saying that "syntax on" 
automatically implies filetype detection, but it's worth a shot to put 
"filetype on" before "syntax on" in your .vimrc.

This could also be "filetype plugin on", "filetype indent on", or "filetype 
indent plugin on" for more features.

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