On 03/22 03:23, vimNovice wrote: > Hi, > I am new to programming and currently taking some online tutorials on VIM > text editor through https://www.learnenough.com/text-editor-tutorial. One of > the instruction is requiring me to create an alias for the bash profile as > shown > > ~/.bash_profile > alias lr = 'ls -hartl' > > and then save it using command as shown > > :w. > > However every time i tried to save, i get an error message > E17: "/users/atem" is a directory > > I have attached a screenshot > > Any help to fix this will be greatly appreciated > Thank you > ivo > > -- > -- > 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/d/optout.
Hi ivo, Welcome to the club ! :)) Try to us :w instead of :w. "." is the current directory ( and your UserID is probably "atem"... ;) HTH! Cheers Meino -- -- 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/d/optout.
