what happened is, that I improperly left the runtimepath in archlinx.vim will be fixed in next release. so creating the symlink is not quite the proper solution :P On Wed, 29 Jul 2009, Patrick Brisbin wrote: > this was the same error i got and fixed with > > sudo ln -s /usr/share/vim/vim72 /usr/share/vim/vimcurrent > > but i'm told this vimcurrent stuff will go away soon, and another user > on bbs has a line one could put in ~/.vimrc to fix this as well... cant > remember it now though. > > up to you how to proceed. > > cheers. > > > On 07/29/09 at 07:55pm, David C. Rankin wrote: > > Listmates, > > > > Attempting to enable syntax in vim, I received the following: > > > > Error detected while processing /usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/syntax.vim: > > line 42: > > E216: No such group or event: filetypedetect BufRead > > Press ENTER or type command to continue > > > > It has always worked before, so this is something new. > > > > -- > > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > > Rankin Law Firm, PLLC > > 510 Ochiltree Street > > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 > > Telephone: (936) 715-9333 > > Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 > > www.rankinlawfirm.com > > -- > patrick brisbin