Re: Vim help file problem

[Wayne Topa <wtopa@dmcom.net>]

Marc Wilson(mwilson@moonkingdom.net) is reported to have said:
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 02:00:57PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote:
> > Error detected while processing function GZIP_read:
> > line    3:
> > E21: Cannot make changes, 'modifiable' is off
> > E434: Can't find tag pattern
> 
> I had to remove stuff I had in ~/.vimrc dealing with reading/writing
> gzipped files in order to get help working again.
> 
> AFAIR, on the first install of vim 6.0, there was a debconf message saying
> that parts of ~/.vimrc might be incompatible with the new version, but I
> ignored it at the time.

Thanks Marc.  I found that too, after I sent the message.  I had
commented most of the old .vimrc but hadn't reached the gzip stuff.

I must have missed, or most likely forgotten, that debconf warning.

Thanks again

Wayne
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