Once upon a time I tried to open a file for editing with MacVim and saw this message:
$ vi foo.xml E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: ion.properties $
I assumed there was something wrong with the file that I was editing, so I tried a different file. I observed the same result.
**The Problem Your .viminfo file is corrupt. This file does not contain settings or anything, mostly temporary and working data.
**The Fix Delete your ~/.viminfo file
