Re: Need Help for help

FWIW :h help works on OS X with $VIMRUNTIME as /opt/homebrew/share/vim/vim91 — which I think is the equivalent path on Linux

Igbanam

On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> wrote:

Why are you setting $VIMRUNTIME? Please check first if your vim works fine when starting with vim --clean

Thanks
Chris

> Am 10.04.2025 um 00:03 schrieb Tim Johnson <thjmmj15@gmail.com>:
>
> 
>> On 4/9/25 10:14, Tim Johnson wrote:
>> Using vim and gvim 9.1 on ubuntu 24.04
>>
>> My local resources are at ~/.vim and system resources at /usr/share/vim/vim91/
>>
>> :help does not work
>>
>> ----------------------------
>>
>> It returns E149: Sorry, no help for help.txt
>>
>> :echo $VIMRUNTIME returns /usr/share/vim/vim91/ (set in .vimrc)
>>
>> :set path returns path=.,/usr/include,,,/usr/share/vim/vim91/doc/,~/.vim/doc/
>>
>> The following lines at the end of .vimrc may be relevant
>>
>> let $VIMRUNTIME="/usr/share/vim/vim91/"
>> execute pathogen#infect()
>> set path+=/usr/share/vim/vim91/doc/
>> set path+=/home/tim/.vim/doc/
>>
>> I have used vim extensively in the past but am retired so haven't used vim help in ages.
>>
>> Pathogen is also new to me
>>
>> I would like to use help from /usr/share/vim/vim91/, ~/.vim/doc, ~/.vim/docs and ~/.vim/bundle/<app>
>>
> More problems
>
> :h help
>
> returns Sorry, help file "/usr/local/share/vim/doc/help.txt" not foundd?
>
> Say what? I set $VIMUNTIME to usr/share/vim/vim91/ and help.txt is at /usr/share/vim/vim91/doc/
>
> More fun
>
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