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+*message.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2010 Sep 14
+
+
+ VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
+
+
+This file contains an alphabetical list of messages and error messages that
+Vim produces. You can use this if you don't understand what the message
+means. It is not complete though.
+
+1. Old messages |:messages|
+2. Error messages |error-messages|
+3. Messages |messages|
+
+==============================================================================
+1. Old messages *:messages* *:mes* *message-history*
+
+The ":messages" command can be used to view previously given messages. This
+is especially useful when messages have been overwritten or truncated. This
+depends on the 'shortmess' option.
+
+The number of remembered messages is fixed at 20 for the tiny version and 200
+for other versions.
+
+ *g<*
+The "g<" command can be used to see the last page of previous command output.
+This is especially useful if you accidentally typed <Space> at the hit-enter
+prompt. You are then back at the hit-enter prompt and can then scroll further
+back.
+Note: when you stopped the output with "q" at the more prompt only up to that
+point will be displayed.
+The previous command output is cleared when another command produces output.
+
+If you are using translated messages, the first printed line tells who
+maintains the messages or the translations. You can use this to contact the
+maintainer when you spot a mistake.
+
+If you want to find help on a specific (error) message, use the ID at the
+start of the message. For example, to get help on the message: >
+
+ E72: Close error on swap file
+
+or (translated): >
+
+ E72: Errore durante chiusura swap file
+
+Use: >
+
+ :help E72
+
+If you are lazy, it also works without the shift key: >
+
+ :help e72
+
+==============================================================================
+2. Error messages *error-messages* *errors*
+
+When an error message is displayed, but it is removed before you could read
+it, you can see it again with: >
+ :echo errmsg
+or view a list of recent messages with: >
+ :messages
+
+
+LIST OF MESSAGES
+ *E222* *E228* *E232* *E256* *E293* *E298* *E304* *E317*
+ *E318* *E356* *E438* *E439* *E440* *E316* *E320* *E322*
+ *E323* *E341* *E473* *E570* *E685* >
+ Add to read buffer
+ makemap: Illegal mode
+ Cannot create BalloonEval with both message and callback
+ Hangul automata ERROR
+ block was not locked
+ Didn't get block nr {N}?
+ ml_upd_block0(): Didn't get block 0??
+ pointer block id wrong {N}
+ Updated too many blocks?
+ get_varp ERROR
+ u_undo: line numbers wrong
+ undo list corrupt
+ undo line missing
+ ml_get: cannot find line {N}
+ cannot find line {N}
+ line number out of range: {N} past the end
+ line count wrong in block {N}
+ Internal error
+ Internal error: {function}
+ fatal error in cs_manage_matches
+
+This is an internal error. If you can reproduce it, please send in a bug
+report. |bugs|
+
+>
+ ATTENTION
+ Found a swap 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 the same name.
+
+ *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. This is only allowed 200 times. 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 the error file to be written in another
+ directory. This could be fixed by changing 'makeef', but then the make
+ command is still executed in the wrong directory.
+- 'makeef' has a wrong value.
+- The 'grepprg' or 'makeprg' could not be executed. This cannot always be
+ detected (especially on MS-Windows). Check your $PATH.
+
+ >
+ Can't open file C:\TEMP\VIoD243.TMP
+
+On MS-Windows, this message appears when the output of an external command was
+to be read, but the command didn't run successfully. This can be caused by
+many things. Check the 'shell', 'shellquote', 'shellxquote', 'shellslash' and
+related options. It might also be that the external command was not found,
+there is no different error message for that.
+
+ *E12* >
+ Command not allowed from exrc/vimrc in current dir or tag search
+
+Some commands are not allowed for security reasons. These commands mostly
+come from a .exrc or .vimrc file in the current directory, or from a tags
+file. Also see 'secure'.
+
+ *E74* >
+ Command too complex
+
+A mapping resulted in a very long command string. Could be caused by a
+mapping that indirectly calls itself.
+
+>
+ CONVERSION ERROR
+
+When writing a file and the text "CONVERSION ERROR" appears, this means that
+some bits were lost when converting text from the internally used UTF-8 to the
+format of the file. The file will not be marked unmodified. If you care
+about the loss of information, set the 'fileencoding' option to another value
+that can handle the characters in the buffer and write again. If you don't
+care, you can abandon the buffer or reset the 'modified' option.
+
+ *E302* >
+ Could not rename swap file
+
+When the file name changes, Vim tries to rename the |swap-file| as well.
+This failed and the old swap file is now still used. Mostly harmless.
+
+ *E43* *E44* >
+ Damaged match string
+ Corrupted regexp program
+
+Something inside Vim went wrong and resulted in a corrupted regexp. If you
+know how to reproduce this problem, please report it. |bugs|
+
+ *E208* *E209* *E210* >
+ Error writing to "{filename}"
+ Error closing "{filename}"
+ Error reading "{filename}"
+
+This occurs when Vim is trying to rename a file, but a simple change of file
+name doesn't work. Then the file will be copied, but somehow this failed.
+The result may be that both the original file and the destination file exist
+and the destination file may be incomplete.
+
+>
+ Vim: Error reading input, exiting...
+
+This occurs when Vim cannot read typed characters while input is required.
+Vim got stuck, the only thing it can do is exit. This can happen when both
+stdin and stderr are redirected and executing a script that doesn't exit Vim.
+
+ *E47* >
+ Error while reading errorfile
+
+Reading the error file was not possible. This is NOT caused by an error
+message that was not recognized.
+
+ *E80* >
+ Error while writing
+
+Writing a file was not completed successfully. The file is probably
+incomplete.
+
+ *E13* *E189* >
+ File exists (add ! to override)
+ "{filename}" exists (add ! to override)
+
+You are protected from accidentally overwriting a file. When you want to
+write anyway, use the same command, but add a "!" just after the command.
+Example: >
+ :w /tmp/test
+changes to: >
+ :w! /tmp/test
+<
+ *E768* >
+ Swap file exists: {filename} (:silent! overrides)
+
+You are protected from overwriting a file that is being edited by Vim. This
+happens when you use ":w! filename" and a swapfile is found.
+- If the swapfile was left over from an old crashed edit session you may want
+ to delete the swapfile. Edit {filename} to find out information about the
+ swapfile.
+- If you want to write anyway prepend ":silent!" to the command. For example: >
+ :silent! w! /tmp/test
+< The special command is needed, since you already added the ! for overwriting
+ an existing file.
+
+ *E139* >
+ File is loaded in another buffer
+
+You are trying to write a file under a name which is also used in another
+buffer. This would result in two versions of the same file.
+
+ *E142* >
+ File not written: Writing is disabled by 'write' option
+
+The 'write' option is off. This makes all commands that try to write a file
+generate this message. This could be caused by a |-m| commandline argument.
+You can switch the 'write' option on with ":set write".
+
+ *E25* >
+ GUI cannot be used: Not enabled at compile time
+
+You are running a version of Vim that doesn't include the GUI code. Therefore
+"gvim" and ":gui" don't work.
+
+ *E49* >
+ Invalid scroll size
+
+This is caused by setting an invalid value for the 'scroll', 'scrolljump' or
+'scrolloff' options.
+
+ *E17* >
+ "{filename}" is a directory
+
+You tried to write a file with the name of a directory. This is not possible.
+You probably need to append a file name.
+
+ *E19* >
+ Mark has invalid line number
+
+You are using a mark that has a line number that doesn't exist. This can
+happen when you have a mark in another file, and some other program has
+deleted lines from it.
+
+ *E219* *E220* >
+ Missing {.
+ Missing }.
+
+Using a {} construct in a file name, but there is a { without a matching } or
+the other way around. It should be used like this: {foo,bar}. This matches
+"foo" and "bar".
+
+ *E315* >
+ ml_get: invalid lnum: {number}
+
+This is an internal Vim error. Please try to find out how it can be
+reproduced, and submit a bug report |bugreport.vim|.
+
+ *E173* >
+ {number} more files to edit
+
+You are trying to exit, while the last item in the argument list has not been
+edited. This protects you from accidentally exiting when you still have more
+files to work on. See |argument-list|. If you do want to exit, just do it
+again and it will work.
+
+ *E23* *E194* >
+ No alternate file
+ No alternate file name to substitute for '#'
+
+The alternate file is not defined yet. See |alternate-file|.
+
+ *E32* >
+ No file name
+
+The current buffer has no name. To write it, use ":w fname". Or give the
+buffer a name with ":file fname".
+
+ *E141* >
+ No file name for buffer {number}
+
+One of the buffers that was changed does not have a file name. Therefore it
+cannot be written. You need to give the buffer a file name: >
+ :buffer {number}
+ :file {filename}
+<
+ *E33* >
+ No previous substitute regular expression
+
+When using the '~' character in a pattern, it is replaced with the previously
+used pattern in a ":substitute" command. This fails when no such command has
+been used yet. See |/~|. This also happens when using ":s/pat/%/", where the
+"%" stands for the previous substitute string.
+
+ *E35* >
+ No previous regular expression
+
+When using an empty search pattern, the previous search pattern is used. But
+that is not possible if there was no previous search.
+
+ *E24* >
+ No such abbreviation
+
+You have used an ":unabbreviate" command with an argument which is not an
+existing abbreviation. All variations of this command give the same message:
+":cunabbrev", ":iunabbrev", etc. Check for trailing white space.
+
+>
+ /dev/dsp: No such file or directory
+
+Only given for GTK GUI with Gnome support. Gnome tries to use the audio
+device and it isn't present. You can ignore this error.
+
+ *E31* >
+ No such mapping
+
+You have used an ":unmap" command with an argument which is not an existing
+mapping. All variations of this command give the same message: ":cunmap",
+":unmap!", etc. A few hints:
+- Check for trailing white space.
+- If the mapping is buffer-local you need to use ":unmap <buffer>".
+ |:map-<buffer>|
+
+ *E37* *E89* >
+ No write since last change (add ! to override)
+ No write since last change for buffer {N} (add ! to override)
+
+You are trying to |abandon| a file that has changes. Vim protects you from
+losing your work. You can either write the changed file with ":w", or, if you
+are sure, |abandon| it anyway, and lose all the changes. This can be done by
+adding a '!' character just after the command you used. Example: >
+ :e other_file
+changes to: >
+ :e! other_file
+<
+ *E162* >
+ No write since last change for buffer "{name}"
+
+This appears when you try to exit Vim while some buffers are changed. You
+will either have to write the changed buffer (with |:w|), or use a command to
+abandon the buffer forcefully, e.g., with ":qa!". Careful, make sure you
+don't throw away changes you really want to keep. You might have forgotten
+about a buffer, especially when 'hidden' is set.
+
+>
+ [No write since last change]
+
+This appears when executing a shell command while at least one buffer was
+changed. To avoid the message reset the 'warn' option.
+
+ *E38* >
+ Null argument
+
+Something inside Vim went wrong and resulted in a NULL pointer. If you know
+how to reproduce this problem, please report it. |bugs|
+
+ *E172* >
+ Only one file name allowed
+
+The ":edit" command only accepts one file name. When you want to specify
+several files for editing use ":next" |:next|.
+
+ *E41* *E82* *E83* *E342* >
+ Out of memory!
+ Out of memory! (allocating {number} bytes)
+ Cannot allocate any buffer, exiting...
+ Cannot allocate buffer, using other one...
+
+Oh, oh. You must have been doing something complicated, or some other program
+is consuming your memory. Be careful! Vim is not completely prepared for an
+out-of-memory situation. First make sure that any changes are saved. Then
+try to solve the memory shortage. To stay on the safe side, exit Vim and
+start again.
+
+Buffers are only partly kept in memory, thus editing a very large file is
+unlikely to cause an out-of-memory situation. Undo information is completely
+in memory, you can reduce that with these options:
+- 'undolevels' Set to a low value, or to -1 to disable undo completely. This
+ helps for a change that affects all lines.
+- 'undoreload' Set to zero to disable.
+
+Also see |msdos-limitations|.
+
+ *E339* >
+ Pattern too long
+
+This only happens on systems with 16 bit ints: The compiled regexp pattern is
+longer than about 65000 characters. Try using a shorter pattern.
+
+ *E45* >
+ 'readonly' option is set (add ! to override)
+
+You are trying to write a file that was marked as read-only. To write the
+file anyway, either reset the 'readonly' option, or add a '!' character just
+after the command you used. Example: >
+ :w
+changes to: >
+ :w!
+<
+ *E294* *E295* *E301* >
+ Read error in swap file
+ Seek error in swap file read
+ Oops, lost the swap file!!!
+
+Vim tried to read text from the |swap-file|, but something went wrong. The
+text in the related buffer may now be corrupted! Check carefully before you
+write a buffer. You may want to write it in another file and check for
+differences.
+
+ *E192* >
+ Recursive use of :normal too deep
+
+You are using a ":normal" command, whose argument again uses a ":normal"
+command in a recursive way. This is restricted to 'maxmapdepth' levels. This
+example illustrates how to get this message: >
+ :map gq :normal gq<CR>
+If you type "gq", it will execute this mapping, which will call "gq" again.
+
+ *E22* >
+ Scripts nested too deep
+
+Scripts can be read with the "-s" command-line argument and with the ":source"
+command. The script can then again read another script. This can continue
+for about 14 levels. When more nesting is done, Vim assumes that there is a
+recursive loop somewhere and stops with this error message.
+
+ *E319* >
+ Sorry, the command is not available in this version
+
+You have used a command that is not present in the version of Vim you are
+using. When compiling Vim, many different features can be enabled or
+disabled. This depends on how big Vim has chosen to be and the operating
+system. See |+feature-list| for when which feature is available. The
+|:version| command shows which feature Vim was compiled with.
+
+ *E300* >
+ Swap file already exists (symlink attack?)
+
+This message appears when Vim is trying to open a swap file and finds it
+already exists or finds a symbolic link in its place. This shouldn't happen,
+because Vim already checked that the file doesn't exist. Either someone else
+opened the same file at exactly the same moment (very unlikely) or someone is
+attempting a symlink attack (could happen when editing a file in /tmp or when
+'directory' starts with "/tmp", which is a bad choice).
+
+ *E432* >
+ Tags file not sorted: {file name}
+
+Vim (and Vi) expect tags files to be sorted in ASCII order. Binary searching
+can then be used, which is a lot faster than a linear search. If your tags
+files are not properly sorted, reset the |'tagbsearch'| option.
+This message is only given when Vim detects a problem when searching for a
+tag. Sometimes this message is not given, even though the tags file is not
+properly sorted.
+
+ *E460* >
+ The resource fork would be lost (add ! to override)
+
+On the Macintosh (classic), when writing a file, Vim attempts to preserve all
+info about a file, including its resource fork. If this is not possible you
+get this error message. Append "!" to the command name to write anyway (and
+lose the info).
+
+ *E424* >
+ Too many different highlighting attributes in use
+
+Vim can only handle about 223 different kinds of highlighting. If you run
+into this limit, you have used too many |:highlight| commands with different
+arguments. A ":highlight link" is not counted.
+
+ *E77* >
+ Too many file names
+
+When expanding file names, more than one match was found. Only one match is
+allowed for the command that was used.
+
+ *E303* >
+ Unable to open swap file for "{filename}", recovery impossible
+
+Vim was not able to create a swap file. You can still edit the file, but if
+Vim unexpectedly exits the changes will be lost. And Vim may consume a lot of
+memory when editing a big file. You may want to change the 'directory' option
+to avoid this error. See |swap-file|.
+
+ *E140* >
+ Use ! to write partial buffer
+
+When using a range to write part of a buffer, it is unusual to overwrite the
+original file. It is probably a mistake (e.g., when Visual mode was active
+when using ":w"), therefore Vim requires using a ! after the command, e.g.:
+":3,10w!".
+>
+
+ Warning: Cannot convert string "<Key>Escape,_Key_Cancel" to type
+ VirtualBinding
+
+Messages like this appear when starting up. This is not a Vim problem, your
+X11 configuration is wrong. You can find a hint on how to solve this here:
+http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/12179.
+[this URL is no longer valid]
+
+ *W10* >
+ Warning: Changing a readonly file
+
+The file is read-only and you are making a change to it anyway. You can use
+the |FileChangedRO| autocommand event to avoid this message (the autocommand
+must reset the 'readonly' option). See 'modifiable' to completely disallow
+making changes to a file.
+This message is only given for the first change after 'readonly' has been set.
+
+ *W13* >
+ Warning: File "{filename}" has been created after editing started
+
+You are editing a file in Vim when it didn't exist, but it does exist now.
+You will have to decide if you want to keep the version in Vim or the newly
+created file. This message is not given when 'buftype' is not empty.
+
+ *W11* >
+ Warning: File "{filename}" has changed since editing started
+
+The file which you have started editing has got another timestamp and the
+contents changed (more precisely: When reading the file again with the current
+option settings and autocommands you would end up with different text). This
+probably means that some other program changed the file. You will have to
+find out what happened, and decide which version of the file you want to keep.
+Set the 'autoread' option if you want to do this automatically.
+This message is not given when 'buftype' is not empty.
+
+There is one situation where you get this message even though there is nothing
+wrong: If you save a file in Windows on the day the daylight saving time
+starts. It can be fixed in one of these ways:
+- Add this line in your autoexec.bat: >
+ SET TZ=-1
+< Adjust the "-1" for your time zone.
+- Disable "automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes".
+- Just write the file again the next day. Or set your clock to the next day,
+ write the file twice and set the clock back.
+
+ *W12* >
+ Warning: File "{filename}" has changed and the buffer was changed in Vim as well
+
+Like the above, and the buffer for the file was changed in this Vim as well.
+You will have to decide if you want to keep the version in this Vim or the one
+on disk. This message is not given when 'buftype' is not empty.
+
+ *W16* >
+ Warning: Mode of file "{filename}" has changed since editing started
+
+When the timestamp for a buffer was changed and the contents are still the
+same but the mode (permissions) have changed. This usually occurs when
+checking out a file from a version control system, which causes the read-only
+bit to be reset. It should be safe to reload the file. Set 'autoread' to
+automatically reload the file.
+
+ *E211* >
+ File "{filename}" no longer available
+
+The file which you have started editing has disappeared, or is no longer
+accessible. Make sure you write the buffer somewhere to avoid losing
+changes. This message is not given when 'buftype' is not empty.
+
+ *W14* >
+ Warning: List of file names overflow
+
+You must be using an awful lot of buffers. It's now possible that two buffers
+have the same number, which causes various problems. You might want to exit
+Vim and restart it.
+
+ *E296* *E297* >
+ Seek error in swap file write
+ Write error in swap file
+
+This mostly happens when the disk is full. Vim could not write text into the
+|swap-file|. It's not directly harmful, but when Vim unexpectedly exits some
+text may be lost without recovery being possible. Vim might run out of memory
+when this problem persists.
+
+ *connection-refused* >
+ Xlib: connection to "<machine-name:0.0" refused by server
+
+This happens when Vim tries to connect to the X server, but the X server does
+not allow a connection. The connection to the X server is needed to be able
+to restore the title and for the xterm clipboard support. Unfortunately this
+error message cannot be avoided, except by disabling the |+xterm_clipboard|
+and |+X11| features.
+
+ *E10* >
+ \\ should be followed by /, ? or &
+
+A command line started with a backslash or the range of a command contained a
+backslash in a wrong place. This is often caused by command-line continuation
+being disabled. Remove the 'C' flag from the 'cpoptions' option to enable it.
+Or use ":set nocp".
+
+ *E471* >
+ Argument required
+
+This happens when an Ex command with mandatory argument(s) was executed, but
+no argument has been specified.
+
+ *E474* *E475* >
+ Invalid argument
+ Invalid argument: {arg}
+
+An Ex command has been executed, but an invalid argument has been specified.
+
+ *E488* >
+ Trailing characters
+
+An argument has been added to an Ex command that does not permit one.
+
+ *E477* *E478* >
+ No ! allowed
+ Don't panic!
+
+You have added a "!" after an Ex command that doesn't permit one.
+
+ *E481* >
+ No range allowed
+
+A range was specified for an Ex command that doesn't permit one. See
+|cmdline-ranges|.
+
+ *E482* *E483* >
+ Can't create file {filename}
+ Can't get temp file name
+
+Vim cannot create a temporary file.
+
+ *E484* *E485* >
+ Can't open file {filename}
+ Can't read file {filename}
+
+Vim cannot read a temporary file.
+
+ *E464* >
+ Ambiguous use of user-defined command
+
+There are two user-defined commands with a common name prefix, and you used
+Command-line completion to execute one of them. |user-cmd-ambiguous|
+Example: >
+ :command MyCommand1 echo "one"
+ :command MyCommand2 echo "two"
+ :MyCommand
+<
+ *E492* >
+ Not an editor command
+
+You tried to execute a command that is neither an Ex command nor
+a user-defined command.
+
+==============================================================================
+3. Messages *messages*
+
+This is an (incomplete) overview of various messages that Vim gives:
+
+ *hit-enter* *press-enter* *hit-return*
+ *press-return* *hit-enter-prompt*
+
+ Press ENTER or type command to continue
+
+This message is given when there is something on the screen for you to read,
+and the screen is about to be redrawn:
+- After executing an external command (e.g., ":!ls" and "=").
+- Something is displayed on the status line that is longer than the width of
+ the window, or runs into the 'showcmd' or 'ruler' output.
+
+-> Press <Enter> or <Space> to redraw the screen and continue, without that
+ key being used otherwise.
+-> Press ':' or any other Normal mode command character to start that command.
+-> Press 'k', <Up>, 'u', 'b' or 'g' to scroll back in the messages. This
+ works the same way as at the |more-prompt|. Only works when 'compatible'
+ is off and 'more' is on.
+-> Pressing 'j', 'f', 'd' or <Down> is ignored when messages scrolled off the
+ top of the screen, 'compatible' is off and 'more' is on, to avoid that
+ typing one 'j' or 'f' too many causes the messages to disappear.
+-> Press <C-Y> to copy (yank) a modeless selection to the clipboard register.
+-> Use a menu. The characters defined for Cmdline-mode are used.
+-> When 'mouse' contains the 'r' flag, clicking the left mouse button works
+ like pressing <Space>. This makes it impossible to select text though.
+-> For the GUI clicking the left mouse button in the last line works like
+ pressing <Space>.
+{Vi: only ":" commands are interpreted}
+
+If you accidentally hit <Enter> or <Space> and you want to see the displayed
+text then use |g<|. This only works when 'more' is set.
+
+To reduce the number of hit-enter prompts:
+- Set 'cmdheight' to 2 or higher.
+- Add flags to 'shortmess'.
+- Reset 'showcmd' and/or 'ruler'.
+
+If your script causes the hit-enter prompt and you don't know why, you may
+find the |v:scrollstart| variable useful.
+
+Also see 'mouse'. The hit-enter message is highlighted with the |hl-Question|
+group.
+
+
+ *more-prompt* *pager* >
+ -- More --
+ -- More -- SPACE/d/j: screen/page/line down, b/u/k: up, q: quit
+
+This message is given when the screen is filled with messages. It is only
+given when the 'more' option is on. It is highlighted with the |hl-MoreMsg|
+group.
+
+Type effect ~
+ <CR> or <NL> or j or <Down> one more line
+ d down a page (half a screen)
+ <Space> or f or <PageDown> down a screen
+ G down all the way, until the hit-enter
+ prompt
+
+ <BS> or k or <Up> one line back (*)
+ u up a page (half a screen) (*)
+ b or <PageUp> back a screen (*)
+ g back to the start (*)
+
+ q, <Esc> or CTRL-C stop the listing
+ : stop the listing and enter a
+ command-line
+ <C-Y> yank (copy) a modeless selection to
+ the clipboard ("* and "+ registers)
+ {menu-entry} what the menu is defined to in
+ Cmdline-mode.
+ <LeftMouse> (**) next page
+
+Any other key causes the meaning of the keys to be displayed.
+
+(*) backwards scrolling is {not in Vi}. Only scrolls back to where messages
+ started to scroll.
+(**) Clicking the left mouse button only works:
+ - For the GUI: in the last line of the screen.
+ - When 'r' is included in 'mouse' (but then selecting text won't work).
+
+
+Note: The typed key is directly obtained from the terminal, it is not mapped
+and typeahead is ignored.
+
+The |g<| command can be used to see the last page of previous command output.
+This is especially useful if you accidentally typed <Space> at the hit-enter
+prompt.
+
+ vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: