Double quote is not interpreted as comment

[memoryonrepeat]

Hi, I got an issue when modifying .vimrc today.
This is the file:

" Show line number
set number

When I do source .vimrc , I got this error

.vimrc:3: unmatched "

The double quote does not seem to be interpreted as comment. Any idea how to resolve this ? I'm using Vim 7.4.889 . Thanks.

[Tanjoodo]

I think sharing the vimrc file or a minimal reproduction case would help put us on the right track

[memoryonrepeat]

@Tanjoodo The two lines above are my .vimrc file . To reproduce, do

source ~/.vimrc

Actually it happens with any .vimrc that has a comment line.

[chrisbra]

Does it happen, if you start vim like this vim -u ~/.vimrc -N --noplugins?
Also please share your :version output

[memoryonrepeat]

@chrisbra It still happen if I do vim -u ~/.vimrc -N --noplugins to edit vimrc (I have no plugin though)
This is :version output (I'm using zsh by the way)

VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Oct  7 2015 10:52:22)
MacOS X (unix) version
Included patches: 1-889
Compiled by tnguyen@Tiens-MacBook-Pro.local
Normal version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl             -farsi           -mouse_netterm   +syntax
-arabic          +file_in_path    -mouse_sgr       +tag_binary
+autocmd         +find_in_path    -mouse_sysmouse  +tag_old_static
-balloon_eval    +float           -mouse_urxvt     -tag_any_white
-browse          +folding         +mouse_xterm     -tcl
+builtin_terms   -footer          +multi_byte      +terminfo
+byte_offset     +fork()          +multi_lang      +termresponse
+cindent         -gettext         -mzscheme        +textobjects
-clientserver    -hangul_input    +netbeans_intg   +title
+clipboard       +iconv           +path_extra      -toolbar
+cmdline_compl   +insert_expand   -perl            +user_commands
+cmdline_hist    +jumplist        +persistent_undo +vertsplit
+cmdline_info    -keymap          +postscript      +virtualedit
+comments        -langmap         +printer         +visual
-conceal         +libcall         -profile         +visualextra
+cryptv          +linebreak       -python          +viminfo
-cscope          +lispindent      -python3         +vreplace
+cursorbind      +listcmds        +quickfix        +wildignore
+cursorshape     +localmap        +reltime         +wildmenu
+dialog_con      -lua             -rightleft       +windows
+diff            +menu            -ruby            +writebackup
+digraphs        +mksession       +scrollbind      -X11
-dnd             +modify_fname    +signs           -xfontset
-ebcdic          +mouse           +smartindent     -xim
-emacs_tags      -mouseshape      -sniff           -xsmp
+eval            -mouse_dec       +startuptime     -xterm_clipboard
+ex_extra        -mouse_gpm       +statusline      -xterm_save
+extra_search    -mouse_jsbterm   -sun_workshop    -xpm
   system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
 2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/local/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -DMACOS_X_UNIX  -O2 -fno-strength-reduce -Wall -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Linking: gcc   -L/usr/local/lib -o vim        -lm -lncurses  -liconv -framework Cocoa

When I switched back to bash I got a bit more descriptive error message:

-bash: .vimrc: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
-bash: .vimrc: line 11: syntax error: unexpected end of file

[dpelle]

Your are using a shell (bash) command to source .vimrc.
That does not make sense.
Bash source command it to source bash scripts, not vim scripts.
You need to use Vim Ex command :source to source your ~/.vimrc. In vim, just type:

:so ~/.vimrc

[vyp]

To reproduce, do

source ~/.vimrc

@tienthanh8490 The :source ex command in vim is not the same as the source bash/zsh built-in. Are you running the source ~/.vimrc command somewhere in a terminal? Because that will not work. The source command in a terminal is for sourcing shell scripts.

[chrisbra]

Do not source the .vimrc in your shell.
closing as invalid

[vim-ml]

On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 8:30 AM, Nguyen Tien Thanh <vim-dev-github@256bit.org

wrote:

@Tanjoodo https://github.com/Tanjoodo The two lines above are my .vimrc
file . To reproduce, do

source ~/.vimrc

Actually it happens with any .vimrc that has a comment line.

Normally, Vim itself will source the ~/.vimrc at startup (so you don't need
to source it explicitly); but as others said, the vimrc is a vim script,
not a bash or zsh script.

To start Vim from the shell, just use

vim

or (if some GUI such as X11 or Windows or … is running)

gvim

in both cases with possible arguments, for instance

gvim +123 filename.ext

to start gvim with the cursor at line 123 of file "filename.ext"

If you have set the appropriate symlinks, other names are possible, for
instance

gvimdiff file1.c file2.c

to start gvim in diff mode on the C sources file1.c and file2.c; or

view /usr/local/share/vim/vim74/syntax/vim.vim

(on Unix, Linux, etc. with a default install after an own-compile) to view
the Vim 7.4 syntax script for Vim script in read-only mode

See :help starting.txt

Best regards,
Tony.

[memoryonrepeat]

Understand now. Thanks all for your help :)

[judewang]

This thread saved my time.😁

[Big-ol-Bob]

Saved my time as well