Vim Error Codes

Error codes produced by the Vim text editor, displayed in the form E### at the start of error messages. Codes cover buffer management, file I/O, search, command-line parsing, and scripting.

55 codes

• E10 \n not allowed in string
• E109 Missing ':' after '?'
• E117 Unknown function
• E119 Not enough arguments for function
• E120 Using <SID> not in a script context
• E121 Undefined variable
• E122 Function {name} already exists, add ! to replace it
• E127 Cannot redefine function {name}: It is in use
• E169 Command too recursive
• E17 {id} is not a valid command name
• E170 Missing :endfunction
• E173 {nr} more files to edit
• E185 Cannot find color scheme '{name}'
• E20 Mark not set
• E21 Cannot make changes, 'modifiable' is off
• E211 File {name} no longer available
• E212 Can't open file for writing
• E216 No such event
• E262 error in '++opt' argument
• E303 Unable to open swap file for "{name}", recovery impossible
• E31 No such mapping
• E325 ATTENTION
• E329 No menu "{name}"
• E349 No identifier under cursor
• E352 Cannot erase folds with current 'foldmethod'
• E36 Not enough room
• E37 No write since last change
• E384 search hit TOP without match for: {pattern}
• E385 search hit BOTTOM without match for: {pattern}
• E39 Number expected
• E45 'readonly' option is set (add ! to override)
• E46 Cannot change read-only variable
• E48 Not allowed in sandbox
• E486 Pattern not found
• E488 Trailing characters
• E492 Not an editor command
• E499 Empty file name for '%' or '#', only works with ':p:h'
• E509 Cannot create diffs
• E515 No buffers were changed
• E553 No more items
• E63 No previous substitute regular expression
• E684 list index out of range: {nr}
• E706 List and dict are mutable
• E716 Key not present in Dictionary
• E717 Dictionary entry already exists
• E730 using List as a String
• E731 using Dictionary as a String
• E741 Ambiguous use of user-defined command
• E76 No matching autocommands
• E776 No location list
• E85 There is no listed buffer
• E855 Autocommand nesting too deep
• E86 Buffer {nr} does not exist
• E927 Invalid action: '{name}'
• E96 Can't use mark in other window