I found my problem. In my case I have declared wrong in the runtimepath in my ~/.vimrc "/usr/share/vim/vim72", and it must be "/usr/share/vim/vim73". After this change it works fine.
Check you ":set runtimepath" directories to see if they are correct. On 21 April 2013 02:59, Tony Mechelynck <[email protected]>wrote: > On 20/04/13 18:15, Ben Fritz wrote: > >> 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. >> >> > I have the same (bracketed by :if !s:did_ft), and in addition, at lines 21 > sqq I see: > > " Load the FileType autocommands if not done yet. > if exists("did_load_filetypes") > let s:did_ft = 1 > else > filetype on > let s:did_ft = 0 > endif > > so by the time the doautoall line is reached, filetype detection should > already be on. > > Of course I use Bram's original sources, downloaded from > https://vim.googlecode.com/hg/ (with no Debian “improvements”), and the > openSUSE system vimrc (if any) is at /etc/vimrc which is not where this Vim > build looks for it (at $VIM/vimrc i.e. /usr/local/share/vim/vimrc). > > > Best regards, > Tony. > -- > "If God lived on Earth, people would knock out all His windows." > -- Yiddish saying > > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit > http://www.vim.org/maillist.**php<http://www.vim.org/maillist.php> > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to > vim_use+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<vim_use%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> > . > > > -- Best regards, -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
