Problem with netrw in vim

Question

when I try to open a remote file with vim ftp://ftp.server/file.name, I get the error "E117: Unknown function: netrw#NetSavePosn". I have set nocp and filetype plugin on, as it says in the manual. I've also tried with a clean install, just in case there was sth in my .vimrc, but with the same result.
The only  thing that worked, was to remove the version of the plugin that comes with the vim package and install the vimball from http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim … l#VimFuncs
in my ~/.vim directory (as per advice from the maker of the plugin, here: http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=337). Has anyone else experienced this? If so, perhaps the package should get the new version of the plugin?
Last edited by eyolf (2007-09-05 01:20:32)

Answer 1

Hi there,
I've got another error with netrw and vim: when i try to open a file (either with "vim ftp://login@host" or via Nautilus), i get a:
**warning** (netrw) cannot determine method (format: protocol://[user@]hostname[:port]/[path])
error message.
FTP with other tools (gEdit for exemple) works fine.
Do you know where the error came from ?