brew installed Vim in Terminal with RVM (Ruby 1.9.3), MacVim and Command-T

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I'm using RVM (1.17.7) and Ruby 1.9.3p362. In the long run I want to move over to Vim in the Terminal with Tmux. I'm trying to learn how to install and run with my choices for plugins instead of defaulting to Janus, just trying to learn it all and not be a cargo cult programmer.

I did a brew install of Vim git clone of Command-T (I'm using Pathogen) while the Ruby was set to 1.9.3... and everything is good in Terminal using Vim and Command-T. When I run :ruby puts RUBY_VERSION in Terminal Vim, it gives 1.9.3 back. The Command-T works fine too.

When I try and use the same Command-T in MacVim it crashes and the Terminal says: Vim: Caught deadly signal SEGV Vim: Finished.

I did a brew install macvim while in 1.9.3, but when I launch mvim from Terminal and run :ruby puts RUBY_VERSION I get back 1.8.7. I know Wincent recommends the system version of Ruby for installing Command-T and I've read you have to match up the Ruby version either way. I've managed to get it working for both when I had the system ruby, but can't get it for both on the RVM version with 1.9.3... Is it possible? Should I just forget about MacVim and stick with Vim in the Terminal?

Other things I thought I could do would be to have a disabled folder and just move the different Command-T installations in and out of it. Or maybe do an if for 'gui_running' and target the different installs. Any advice to set me straight would be great.

I've installed Tim Pope's rvm.vim and can set the Ruby version, but that doesn't seem to stop the crash in the MacVim when I call :CommandT.

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+1 for dropping Janus. - romainl

1 Answers

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I'm guessing that you installed the macvim package before you installed installed all the rest of that, and then installed the vim package afterwards. That'd explain why it works in terminal mode. These are two different packages, and they have their own build options.

Run:

vim --version

And compare the output to:

mvim --version

In particular, check out the last line (starts with Linking:). You'll probably see ruby-1.8 linked in for mvim, and ruby-1.9.1 linked in for vim (note that 1.9.3 reports 1.9.1; it's the C API version, not the Ruby version).

If all this is true, fix it by doing:

brew uninstall macvim
brew install macvim

It should build against your 1.9.3 config. Make sure rvm current reports 1.9.3 before you do that.