From: Andrew Cowan <icculus@...>
Date: 2002-02-25T03:42:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Help with using Ri() and VIM


Please disregard my post, I found and fixed the problem. I had an older 
version of vim running which apparently didnt support the system call, I 
downloaded vim 5.8 and this works fine now.

-Andy

Andrew Cowan wrote:

> 
> I have installed Ri and am finding it very helpful... I found out about it
> through a blurb in "The Ruby Developer's Guide", which also included the
> following vim macro to use from within vim:
> 
> ---
> 
> function Ri()
>  
> let b:x = system("ri '" . input("ri: ") . "' > /tmp/ri_output")
>  
> sp /tmp/ri_output
>  
> endfunction
>  
> map <F2> :call Ri()<CR>
> 
> ---
> 
> I did this, but when I hit <f2> and then enter the object to explore I get
> the following error:
> 
> ---
> 
> ri: Array Error detected while processing function Ri:
> Unknown function: system
> Invalid expression:  system("ri '" . input("ri: ") . "' > /tmp/ri_output")
> "/tmp/ri_output" [New File]
> 
> ---
> 
> I am pretty clueless about vim macros, and though this might not be the
> best place to post this am hoping some of you have this woking and can
> provide a solution.
> 
> So, any ideas whats wrong?
> 
> Thanks!
> Andy
> 
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