Andrew Stewart wrote: > On Thursday, 5 May 2016 10:25:19 UTC+1, Andrew Stewart wrote: > > >> When I edit a file my job runs. When I trigger a second run, Vim > > >> always crashes with a segfault: > > >> > > >> Vim: Caught deadly signal SEGV > > >> Vim: Finished. > > >> Segmentation fault: 11 > > I've just realised that every time a job runs, a new process is > spawned as a child of vim's process, and they're all in the zombie > state. They only disappear once I quit Vim or it crashes.
This must be a Mac specific problem, it doesn't call waitpid() to get the status of the child. You can try using Vim as it's build on Unix, should also work on Mac in a terminal. -- "I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by." -- Douglas Adams /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.