Vim startup errors (invalid expression) Debian

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I'm having issues setting up Vim. Firstly I'm having a bunch of errors when start up Vim, I get these errors: ``` Error detected while processing /home/lee/.vimrc: line 5: E492: Not an editor command: generate helptags for everything in 'runtimepath' Error detected while processing /home/lee/.vim/plugin/fuf.vim: line 13: ***** L9 library must be installed! ***** Error detected while processing /home/lee/.vim/plugin/refactor.vim: line 45: E492: Not an editor command: ^M line 53: E492: Not an editor command: ^M line 55: E15: Invalid expression: ["auto", "const", "double", "float", "int", "short", "struct", "unsigned", "break", "continue", "else", "for", "long", "signed", "switch", "void", "case", "default", "enum", "goto", "register", "sizeof", "typedef", "volatile", "char", "do", "extern", "if", "return", "static", "union", "while", "asm", "dynamic_cast", "namespace", "reinterpret_cast", "try", "bool", "explicit", "new", "static_cast", "typeid", "catch", "false", "operator", "template"…

Accepted Answer

Oh my gosh! I see several issues:

```
E492: Not an editor command: generate helptags for everything in 'runtimepath'
```

You must have a line starting with `generate helptags ...` somewhere (your `~/.vimrc`?); it should be a comment: Prepend a `"` to the line.

```
***** L9 library must be installed! *****
```

The FuzzyFinder plugin requires another plugin; you can get it at L9 - Vim-script library.

```
Error detected while processing /home/lee/.vim/plugin/refactor.vim:
line   45:
E492: Not an editor command: ^M
```

That's caused by Vimscript files that have Windows-style CR-LF line endings when used on Linux. Open the corresponding file(s) in Vim and convert them to Unix-style endings via

```
:w ++ff=unix
```

I hope you'll start to see the light after these. A link to your full Vim config would be helpful to further diagnose this. If you're new to Vim, it's recommended to start with a lean `.vimrc`, and only gradually add plugins, as you become more proficient and identify the needs.

Vim startup errors (invalid expression) Debian

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