What to do when vim syntax folding fails altogether?

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I had folding just stop working in my Python sources... without a rhyme or reason. The fix was't immediately obvious and I did not find an answer on SO... I'm using spf13vim and I have tried set foldmethod=indent six ways to Sunday and no dice... I have nothing else futzing with folding in my .vimrc.local and I have already tried updating spf13vim although the problem just started willy nilly while I was coding after writing my buffer to disk.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 20 '14 at 10:33

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When folding (or anything) goes awry in VIM, whether you have spf13vim or any other elaborate .vimrc mod, begin with this...

rm ~/.vimviews/*

...and restart vim. It cleared this problem up with magic. I hope this helps someone stay young.

answered Feb 20 '14 at 10:33

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That `~/.vimviews` is non-standard, and presumably comes from spf13. Let romainl tell you why Vim distributions are prone to cause such grief. – Ingo Karkat Feb 20 '14 at 10:38
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@IngoKarkat, I decided to not care anymore. – romainl Feb 20 '14 at 12:17
@romainl apocalypse now? – mMontu Feb 20 '14 at 13:09
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@romainl Your rants will be missed; I hope you'll channel your energy to more worthwhile advocacy ;-) – Ingo Karkat Feb 20 '14 at 13:20

What to do when vim syntax folding fails altogether?

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