Updated on February 4th, 2020 in #dev-environment, #vim

Fixing Vim Error E464: Ambiguous Use of User-Defined Command

In this video we'll look at how to debug this error. I was getting this error a lot when saving files but finally figured it out.

Quick Jump: Understanding and Debugging E464

It’s not fun when your editor starts throwing errors at you, especially when you’re doing a common task like saving a file. Although in my case, Vim was totally correct in throwing this error due to a slight oversight in my vimrc file.

By the end of this 5 minute video you’ll know how to deal with E464. We’ll explore the :verb command XXX command to help figure out what causes this error.

Understanding and Debugging E464

Timestamped Table of Contents

There is none since it’s only a 5 minute video!

Reference Links

• https://github.com/nickjj/dotfiles
• https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim
• https://github.com/tpope/vim-eunuch
• How and why I use NERDTree in Vim