Re: Errors upon quitting Vim

On 2016-01-21 18:58:24 +0000, Gary Johnson said:

> On 2016-01-21, Ben Fritz wrote:
>> On Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 12:27:51 PM UTC-6, Nicola wrote:
>>> From time to time, upon exiting Vim an error message flashes on the screen, but
>>> too quickly for me to read it. I'd like to understand why it happens. Is there
>>> a way to log such errors or somehow pause Vim when an error appears?
>>>
>>> Nicola
>>
>> Use the :messages command.
>
> The OP is exiting Vim, so the :messages command won't be available.
>
> If you're running Vim in terminal mode from a Linux shell, you can
> use script:
>
> 1. Run script. This starts a new shell.
> 2. Run vim.
> 3. Exit vim.
> 4. Exit the shell.
> 5. Open the typescript file and look for the error message.

Thanks, I did not know about script (will I ever know every program in
my /usr/bin?).
It does the job. Now I have to try and reproduce the error!

Nicola


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