Re: Vim editor

[Glyn Millington <glyn@mill29.fsnet.co.uk>]

On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 08:17:03AM -0500, thus spake Jesse Goerz:
> I just installed the Vim editor but seem to be having some problems.  When I
> type help it says:
> 
>  "Sorry, help file "/usr/share/vim/doc/help.txt" not found"
> 
> I tried typing help version5 and it says: 
> 
> No tags file
> Sorry, no help for version5  
> 
> Am I missing a configuration file?  I installed the vim .deb package version
> 5.6.70.
> 
> Any suggestions or pointers?

Did you install the runtime files with the binary deb?  They contain the
helpfiles and accessories.

HTH

Glyn M



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