Re: [vile] Strange error with syntax highlighting

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 03:29:23PM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> I am using vile remotely via an ssh connection on a Beaglebone Black
> which is running Debian.  The vile version is 9.8g.
> 
> When I run the same .vilerc as I use elsewhere (including another
> Beaglebone Black, running Ubuntu) I don't get syntax colours but I do
> get shown the file HighlightFilter (in view-only mode) before I get to
> se the file I want to edit.  There's no error message or anything it's
> just as if the file HighlightFilter was the first in a list of files
> to edit.

sometimes there's an error message, but wiped by subsequent messages.
In that case, you can see the [Messages] buffer by typing
        2 *

but in either case, setting popup-msgs may be helpful with troubleshooting.

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