e21: cannot make changes, 'modifiable' is off

[ucarbehlul]

When the prompt is opened and a text is tried to pasted by Command + V, e21: cannot make changes, 'modifiable' is off error happens and text doesn't get pasted.

OS: MacOs
Terminal: Terminal Version 2.7 (377)

[wincent]

I suspect this might happen if you don't have bracketed paste mode enabled in the terminal. It's been years since I used the Apple Terminal though, so I don't recall whether it supports bracketed paste.

[ucarbehlul]

I just tried on iTerm2 too. I got the same error. Here is the vim version:

➜  ipsy vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Mar 11 2018 22:23:28)
macOS version
Included patches: 1-1522
Compiled by MacPorts
Huge version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl               +farsi             +mouse_sgr         -tag_any_white
+arabic            +file_in_path      -mouse_sysmouse    -tcl
+autocmd           +find_in_path      +mouse_urxvt       +termguicolors
-autoservername    +float             +mouse_xterm       +terminal
-balloon_eval      +folding           +multi_byte        +terminfo
+balloon_eval_term -footer            +multi_lang        +termresponse
-browse            +fork()            -mzscheme          +textobjects
++builtin_terms    +gettext           +netbeans_intg     +timers
+byte_offset       -hangul_input      +num64             +title
+channel           +iconv             +packages          -toolbar
+cindent           +insert_expand     +path_extra        +user_commands
-clientserver      +job               -perl              +vertsplit
+clipboard         +jumplist          +persistent_undo   +virtualedit
+cmdline_compl     +keymap            +postscript        +visual
+cmdline_hist      +lambda            +printer           +visualextra
+cmdline_info      +langmap           +profile           +viminfo
+comments          +libcall           +python            +vreplace
+conceal           +linebreak         -python3           +wildignore
+cryptv            +lispindent        +quickfix          +wildmenu
-cscope            +listcmds          +reltime           +windows
+cursorbind        +localmap          +rightleft         +writebackup
+cursorshape       -lua               +ruby              -X11
+dialog_con        +menu              +scrollbind        -xfontset
+diff              +mksession         +signs             -xim
+digraphs          +modify_fname      +smartindent       -xpm
-dnd               +mouse             +startuptime       -xsmp
-ebcdic            -mouseshape        +statusline        -xterm_clipboard
+emacs_tags        +mouse_dec         -sun_workshop      -xterm_save
+eval              -mouse_gpm         +syntax            
+ex_extra          -mouse_jsbterm     +tag_binary        
+extra_search      +mouse_netterm     +tag_old_static    
   system vimrc file: "/opt/local/etc/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
 2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
       defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/opt/local/share/vim"
Compilation: /usr/bin/clang -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -I/opt/local/include -DMACOS_X -DMACOS_X_DARWIN  -pipe -Os -arch x86_64 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1       
Linking: /usr/bin/clang   -L. -L/opt/local/lib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -fstack-protector -L/opt/local/lib  -L/opt/local/lib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -arch x86_64 -o vim        -lm  -lncurses -liconv -lintl -framework AppKit    -L/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/config -lpython2.7 -framework CoreFoundation -L/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Py /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Python   -lruby.2.2.0 -lobjc -L/opt/local/lib   

[wincent]

What's your $TERM?

[ucarbehlul]

xterm-256color I'm also using zsh 5.3 (x86_64-apple-darwin17.0) 2018-04-25 15:53 GMT-07:00 Greg Hurrell <notifications@github.com>:

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[yueyihui]

I've found this issue in ubuntu 16.4, my term is xterm-256color. my vim is vim.gtk

[jesselumarie]

I'm also running into this issue (using iTerm2), with a $TERM of xterm-256color

[wincent]

This is kind of expected in GUI modes (like MacVim) — see #217 — but not really sure what could cause it in the terminal (and much less iTerm2, which I use all the time).

[yueyihui]

After my consider, it seems like will change list which is used to show files, instead of input position, thus 'cannot make changes, 'modifiable' is off' was notified

[wincent]

If we solve #217, this one probably gets fixed "for free".

[yueyihui]

'cannot make changes, 'modifiable' is off' happend on vim8.1, the older version vim can not reproduce this issue. have any configurations about compile vim8.1 is must?

[wincent]

Given the big rewrite for v6.0.x, I'm closing all older issues as there is unlikely to be anything significant happening on the 5-x-devel branch from here on¹. Feedback issue for 6.0.x is here:

• 🆕 Command-T 6.0.0 release — compendium issue #393

Footnotes

1. Patches and PRs would be welcome, but my personal efforts are going to be directed towards main. ↩