Cannot run MacVim built with Xcode 4.5 on OS X 10.7.5

George V. Reilly

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Nov 4, 2012, 2:00:39 AM11/4/12

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I have successfully built MacVim many times in the past from source.
I am no longer able to do so.

When I run the MacVim.app that I've built, it starts up,
but no Vim window opens.
If I do ⌘N, nothing happens.
When I do ⌘Q, I get a dialog telling me that
there are two open windows in MacVim.
Removing my ~/.vim and ~/.vimrc
(because I don't know how to run -u NONE),
doesn't help.

I'm running Xcode 4.5 (4G182) on OS X 10.7.5 on one machine,
and Xcode 4.5.1 (4G1004) on 10.7.5 on another.
I've installed the latest command-line tools via
Xcode's Preferences > Downloads.

I tried running MacVim.app under the Xcode debugger.
Once, after pausing at a breakpoint in main() for a while,
I actually saw the Vim window open.
Unfortunately, I know nothing about Xcode, Objective-C, Cocoa,
or the innards of MacVim,
so I'm at a loss to go any further.

I've attached a log of all the configure and make output.

BTW, the MacVim repo is about 60 patches behind Vim.
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björn

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Nov 4, 2012, 4:40:36 AM11/4/12

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On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 8:00 AM, George V. Reilly wrote:
> I have successfully built MacVim many times in the past from source.
> I am no longer able to do so.
>
> When I run the MacVim.app that I've built, it starts up,
> but no Vim window opens.

You are most likely building Vim with gcc and MacVim with clang. Try

make clean
CC=clang ./configure
make

If that doesn't work and you're not comfortable debugging build issues
I always recommend using the prebuilt binaries that I provide.

> BTW, the MacVim repo is about 60 patches behind Vim.

Updated now. Thanks for the nudge.

Björn

Chris Lott

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Nov 4, 2012, 1:12:14 PM11/4/12

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On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 1:40 AM, björn <bjorn.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> BTW, the MacVim repo is about 60 patches behind Vim.
>
> Updated now. Thanks for the nudge.

Does this mean a new snapshot coming soon? :)

c
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George V. Reilly

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Nov 4, 2012, 2:33:26 PM11/4/12

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On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 1:40 AM, björn <bjorn.w...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks, Bjorn. The CC=clang ./configure did the trick.
Perhaps https://github.com/b4winckler/macvim/wiki/Building
should be updated to point out that it also applies now to 10.7.

/George

björn

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Nov 5, 2012, 5:28:40 AM11/5/12

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On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 8:33 PM, George V. Reilly wrote:
>
> Thanks, Bjorn. The CC=clang ./configure did the trick.
> Perhaps https://github.com/b4winckler/macvim/wiki/Building
> should be updated to point out that it also applies now to 10.7.

Sounds good. Would you mind doing that?

Thanks,
Björn

Douglas Drumond

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Nov 5, 2012, 7:51:14 PM11/5/12

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Done

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