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vim cannot open file when run from .vimrc, but can open fine when run from terminal

Whenever I try to open any file with Vim I get this error message:

Error detected while processing /home/emma/.vimrc:
line  138:
E484: Can't open file '/home/emma/.opam/system/share/ocp-indent/vim/indent/ocaml.vim'
Press ENTER or type command to continue

But the strange thing is that when I do this, the file actually opens:

vim ~/.opam/system/share/ocp-indent/vim/indent/ocaml.vim

So I've verified that the file does exist and that Vim is capable of displaying the code.

Here are lines 120 to the end of my .vimrc: enter image description here

And here is the entirety of ~/.opam/system/share/ocp-indent/vim/indent/ocaml.vim: enter image description here

Solution

  • When vim says

    E484: Can't open file '/home/emma/.opam/system/share/ocp-indent/vim/indent/ocaml.vim'

    it literally means a file called,

    '/home/emma/.opam/system/share/ocp-indent/vim/indent/ocaml.vim'

    not

    /home/emma/.opam/system/share/ocp-indent/vim/indent/ocaml.vim

    In other words, the problem is the quotes you added around the filename.

    Fix:

      source /home/emma/.opam/system/share/ocp-indent/vim/indent/ocaml.vim

    Also, you could use ~ there:

      source ~/.opam/system/share/ocp-indent/vim/indent/ocaml.vim