Incidentally, I had to upload a zip file because google complained that 
Rprofile (despite being a simple ASCII text file, with one lie, with the text I 
copied in my original message) had some magical properties that made it scared. 
 If I cat the file I have no problems though.

BW

F


On Monday, 14 October 2013 11:46:35 UTC+1, Federico Calboli  wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I am using vim on mac OS 10.8.5,  vim --version returns:
> 
> VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Jun 20 2012 13:16:02)
> Compiled by [email protected]
> Normal version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
> -arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse +builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent
> -clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments
> -conceal +cryptv +cscope +cursorbind +cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs
> -dnd -ebcdic -emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search -farsi +file_in_path
> +find_in_path +float +folding -footer +fork() -gettext -hangul_input +iconv
> +insert_expand +jumplist -keymap -langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent
> +listcmds +localmap -lua +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape
> -mouse_dec -mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm -mouse_netterm -mouse_sysmouse
> +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme +netbeans_intg -osfiletype
> +path_extra -perl +persistent_undo +postscript +printer -profile +python/dyn
> -python3 +quickfix +reltime -rightleft +ruby/dyn +scrollbind +signs
> +smartindent -sniff +startuptime +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 
> -xsmp
>  -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. -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=0 -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -arch 
> i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe
> Linking: gcc -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -o vim -lncurses
> 
> I am trying to use vim to edit a file (~/.Rprofile).
> 
> The content of ~/.Rprofile is:
> 
> Sys.setenv(PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/texbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin")
> 
> (the file is also attached).
> 
> If I type vim .Rprofile I get the following garbage:
> 
> ".Rprofile" 1L, 107CTraceback (most recent call last):
>                                                         File 
> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site.py",
>  line 548, in <module>
>                             main()
>                                     File 
> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site.py",
>  line 530, in main
>     known_paths = addusersitepackages(known_paths)
>                                                     File 
> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site.py",
>  line 266, in addusersitepackages
>                                    user_site = getusersitepackages()
>                                                                       File 
> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site.py",
>  line 241, in getusersitepackages
>                                                      user_base = 
> getuserbase() # this will also set USER_BASE
>                                                                               
>                                  File 
> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site.py",
>  line 231, in getuserbase
>                                                                               
>         USER_BASE = get_config_var('userbase')
>                                                                               
>                                                 File 
> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/sysconfig.py",
>  line 516, in get_config_var
>                                                                               
>                                return get_config_vars().get(name)
>   File 
> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/sysconfig.py",
>  line 449, in get_config_vars
>                                                                               
>                                                    import re
>                                                                               
>                                                               File 
> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/re.py",
>  line 105, in <module>
>                                                                               
>                                 import sre_compile
>                                                                               
>                                                     File 
> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/sre_compile.py",
>  line 14, in <module>
>                                                                               
>                               import sre_parse
>                                                                               
>                                                 File 
> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/sre_parse.py",
>  line 17, in <module>
>                                                                               
>                         from sre_constants import *
>                                                                               
>                                                      File 
> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/sre_constants.py",
>  line 18, in <module>
>                                                                               
>                                  from _sre import MAXREPEAT
>                                                                               
>                                                            ImportError: 
> cannot import name MAXREPEAT
> 
> I am stumped to what might go on.  I attach Rprofile, my vimrc, the 
> Rprofile.swp generated (which looks odd and shows different things depending 
> on what editor I use to open it).  this behaviour seems to happen just with 
> this file, but is 100% replicable.
> 
> in case it helps this is my $PATH
> 
> echo $PATH
> /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/julia:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin:/usr/texbin
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> F

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