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Stun Brick
Stun Brick

Reputation: 1244

How to change where GVim looks for syntax.vim on windows

When I try to use :syntax on I get the following error:
E484: Can't open file C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\vim82\gvim.exe\syntax\snytax.vim

When I explore the directory, I find that there is a syntax.vim at the directory:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\vim82\syntax\syntax.vim

How do I get gVim to recognize that this is where it should look for the syntax files?

I am using windows 10.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 397

Answers (2)

Tomoki
Tomoki

Reputation: 11

I had the same problem. You have to set $VIMRUNTIME (Not this variable, as Stun Brick points out in the comment below.) as an environment variable. If you are using Windows 10, search on your compuer, "Edit the system environment variables" and you can set it.

Upvotes: 1

Stun Brick
Stun Brick

Reputation: 1244

User Tomoki helped me find the answer.

In windows 10, type environment variables in the search bar
click Edit the system environment variables

Under the Advanced tab, click Environment variables

Under the System variables section, find the vim or Vim system variable, and edit the Variable value so that it says C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\vim82\gvim.exe

it should not have been pointing at the executable in the first place, which is why it could not find a syntax at C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\vim82\gvim.exe\syntax\snytax.vim

Upvotes: 0

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