Is there a “vim runtime log”?

Question

Sometimes I try a customization/command in my vimrc. Everything seens to be correct, but it just doesn\'t work.

It\'s difficult to know what\'s happening when vim st

Answer 1

Put this function into .vimrc:

function! ToggleVerbose()
    if !&verbose
        set verbosefile=~/.log/vim/verbose.log
        set verbose=15
    else
        set verbose=0
        set verbosefile=
    endif
endfunction

Then create directory ~/.log/vim and call ToggleVerbose() to get your log in ~/.log/vim/verbose.log. Note that you may catch «variable nested too deep for displaying» error which will not normally appear just because you have raised your verbose level.