Re: [vile] Strange error with syntax highlighting

[Chris Green]

On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 02:06:18PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> 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.
> 
Aha, thanks :-

    [Error: can't load shared object vile-vile-filt.so: cannot open shared 
object file: No such file or directory>

I remember now, vile-filters is a separate package in Debian (and
Ubuntu) so has to be explicitly installed in addition to vile.



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Chris Green