MacVim and Syntastic

[Blake Sweeney]

Hi,

I'm getting some strange behavior with MacVim and Syntastic. When Syntastic
finds an error it puts a mark in the sign column, however, once I fix the error
the mark in the sign column is not removed. I've tried this in just vim and I
don't get this behavior with the same vimrc. My MacVim is:

> VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Jun 4 2013 10:01:53)
> MacOS X (unix) version
> Included patches: 1-754
> Compiled by Homebrew
> Huge version with MacVim GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):

While my normal vim is:

> VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Apr 9 2013 13:30:35)
> MacOS X (unix) version
> Included patches: 1-884
> Compiled by bsw...@admin-172-18-94-133.wireless.bgsu.edu
> Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):

Has anyone else had this problem?


Thanks,
Blake

[björn]

It sounds a bit like it could be a bug in MacVim's implementation of
the signs feature, but I don't ever use this myself so haven't noticed
any problems.

Can you create a minimal set of step-by-step instructions on how to
reproduce (preferably using only Syntastic and Vim)? Attach a file if
necessary.

Thanks,
Björn

[Blake Sweeney]

On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 09:33:28PM +0200, björn wrote:
> It sounds a bit like it could be a bug in MacVim's implementation of
> the signs feature, but I don't ever use this myself so haven't noticed
> any problems.
>
> Can you create a minimal set of step-by-step instructions on how to
> reproduce (preferably using only Syntastic and Vim)? Attach a file if
> necessary.

The vimrc below causes the problem for me:

" Bad setup.
filetype off

set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/vundle/

call vundle#rc()

Bundle 'gmarik/vundle'
Bundle 'scrooloose/syntastic'

" Comment out below to remove problem with signs.
let g:syntastic_auto_loc_list=1

In addition, syntastic has an option to set the sign used and this doesn't seem
to work in this case either. What happens is the sign I set will briefly appear
and then it is replaced by the default one from syntastic. This can be
demostrated by adding the follow line:

let g:syntastic_warning_symbol='⚠'

As the comment indicates commenting out the 'let g:syntastic_auto_loc_list=1'
line hides all the problems.


Thanks,
Blake

[björn]

Thanks for the info. However, using your .vimrc (minus the vundle
stuff, that surely cannot be required to reproduce?) does not do
anything -- you'll have to provide me with a file that causes
syntastic to show a mark (and please make sure there are no
dependencies on external programs such as compilers which are not
shipped with Xcode).

This is starting to sound like a plugin problem (based on the fact
that the problem goes away when you remove the "let g:synt..." line),
but if you provide *all* steps needed to reproduce I'll still try to
take a look. Have you reported it to the plugin authors? They may be
better able to help.

Björn