file by the name ...
See |ATTENTION|.
*E92* >
Buffer {N} not found
The buffer you requested does not exist. This can also happen when you have
wiped out a buffer which contains a mark or is referenced in another way.
|:bwipeout|
*E95* >
Buffer with this name already exists
You cannot have two buffers with exactly the same name. This includes the
path leading to the file.
*E1513* >
Cannot switch buffer. 'winfixbuf' is enabled
If a window has 'winfixbuf' enabled, you cannot change that window's current
buffer. You need to set 'nowinfixbuf' before continuing. You may use [!] to
force the window to switch buffers, if your command supports it.
*E72* >
Close error on swap file
The |swap-file|, that is used to keep a copy of the edited text, could not be
closed properly. Mostly harmless.
*E169* >
Command too recursive
This happens when an Ex command executes an Ex command that executes an Ex
command, etc. The limit is 200 or the value of 'maxfuncdepth', whatever is
larger. When it's more there probably is an endless loop. Probably a
|:execute| or |:source| command is involved.
*E254* >
Cannot allocate color {name}
The color name {name} is unknown. See |gui-colors| for a list of colors that
are available on most systems.
*E458* >
Cannot allocate colormap entry, some colors may be incorrect
This means that there are not enough colors available for Vim. It will still
run, but some of the colors will not appear in the specified color. Try
stopping other applications that use many colors, or start them after starting
gvim.
Browsers are known to consume a lot of colors. You can avoid this with
netscape by telling it to use its own colormap: >
netscape -install
Or tell it to limit to a certain number of colors (64 should work well): >
netscape -ncols 64
This can also be done with a line in your Xdefaults file: >
Netscape*installColormap: Yes
or >
Netscape*maxImageColors: 64
<
*E79* >
Cannot expand wildcards
A filename contains a strange combination of characters, which causes Vim to
attempt expanding wildcards but this fails. This does NOT mean that no
matching file names could be found, but that the pattern was illegal.
*E459* >
Cannot go back to previous directory
While expanding a file name, Vim failed to go back to the previously used
directory. All file names being used may be invalid now! You need to have
execute permission on the current directory.
*E190* *E212* >
Cannot open "{filename}" for writing
Can't open file for writing
For some reason the file you are writing to cannot be created or overwritten.
The reason could be that you do not have permission to write in the directory
or the file name is not valid.
*E166* >
Can't open linked file for writing
You are trying to write to a file which can't be overwritten, and the file is
a link (either a hard link or a symbolic link). Writing might still be
possible if the directory that contains the link or the file is writable, but
Vim now doesn't know if you want to delete the link and write the file in its
place, or if you want to delete the file itself and write the new file in its
place. If you really want to write the file under this name, you have to
manually delete the link or the file, or change the permissions so that Vim
can overwrite.
*E46* >
Cannot change read-only variable "{name}"
You are trying to assign a value to an argument of a function |a:var| or a Vim
internal variable |v:var| which is read-only.
*E90* >
Cannot unload last buffer
Vim always requires one buffer to be loaded, otherwise there would be nothing
to display in the window.
*E40* >
Can't open errorfile <filename>
When using the ":make" or ":grep" commands: The file used to save the error
messages or grep output cannot be opened. This can have several causes:
- 'shellredir' has a wrong value.
- The shell changes directory, causing