Just wondering if anyone can replicate this issue....
On CentOS 5.2, using vim 7.0.237, I'm having a consistent issue across all my centos boxen.
if I try and access the help files direct (as root), such as ":help tutor" I get:
"usr_01.txt.gz" [readonly][noeol][converted] 11L, 4393C E434: Can't find tag pattern Press ENTER or type command to continue
If I press enter, it shows me what appears to be the output of a binary.
looking at that top line, it appears as if the help files are compressed, and it can't read the tags within them. Is there a satellite package I need to unpack or enable the ability for vim to decipher these?
If I just type ":help" the status line reads:
"help.txt" [readonly] 214L, 7883C
which is ok, and the text file is displayed correctly.
Under Fedora 9, doing a ":help tutor" works correctly, and the status line reads:
"usr_01.txt.gz" [readonly][noeol] 11L, 2914C
Note the different tag on the centos boxen "[converted]"..
Also, /usr/share/vim/vimxx/doc/ seem to be pretty similar (given that Fed9 is vim7.1 and CentOS is 7.0).... even the tags file looks ok on both ends:
Fed9: $ grep tutor tags sql-completion-tutorial sql.txt.gz /*sql-completion-tutorial* tutor usr_01.txt.gz /*tutor* vimtutor usr_01.txt.gz /*vimtutor*
CentOS 5.2: # grep tutor tags sql-completion-tutorial sql.txt.gz /*sql-completion-tutorial* tutor usr_01.txt.gz /*tutor* vimtutor usr_01.txt.gz /*vimtutor*