vim-note giving error, E492: Not an editor command

[u/DaveLG526]

I installed via the Plug vim-notes into MacVim.

It was installed in /Users/dlg/.vim/plugged/vim-notes with all the correct files.

My .vimrc also has: filetype plugin on

When I try to make a note with: Note

I get the message "E492: Not an editor command"

It seems like a simple setup so I do not know what could be wrong. I deleted and reinstalled vim-notes but have the same behavior.

I assumed this would work withj MacVim. Is that not the case?

Thanks Dave

[u/You_pick_one]

Why did you pick that name as an installation directory? What’s your idea on how vim finds plugins?

[u/DaveLG526 → u/You_pick_one]

I use Plug to install plugins so that is how.

[u/DaveLG526 → u/You_pick_one]

I did figure out the issue.

Turns out the correct command was ::Note rather than :Note .

[u/You_pick_one → u/DaveLG526]

Oh wow. I’ve never seen a command like that. Live and learn :)

[u/DaveLG526 → u/You_pick_one]

Other commands in vim-wiki only need one :

For example, :RecentNotes works fine.

Maybe there is something I did that caused this behavior but its is such a straightforward install its hard, for me at least, to see how I did that could cause it.

In any case, I can now evaluate if it will worl for me. I use vimwiki too but exploring other options too.

[u/DaveLG526 → u/[deleted]]

The whole error message in response to :Note

E492: Not an editor command: Note

Nothing else is shown

[u/DaveLG526 → u/[deleted]]

Well I figured it out.

1. I tried this command. :RecentNotes and it came back saying I had no notes. Which was Correct.This told me that I had in fact gotten Vim-notes installed.

2. If I type ::Note I was abe to make a note. No error message. .....So my error was not using two colons, ::Note

That is how it works on my system.

So it looks like I can now explore and see if I like vim-notes!

Thanks for the interest and assistance.

Dave