2009/4/10 Kenneth Reid Beesley: >> >> Some questions for you: >> >> 1. Is this happening every time you invoke help or is it intermittent? > > Testing again, the freezing seems to happen consistently with certain > help topics, e.g. > > :help > > But > > :help lCursor > > returns a message > > E149: Sorry, no help for lCursor > > and the window does not freeze. >> >> 2. Have you tried starting without plugins/rc-files (use "mvim -u >> NONE")? > > I can launch 'mvim -u NONE' and a window comes up. (7.2.108, > Snapshot 43). > > If I then invoke > > :help keymap > > and press ENTER, the cursor freezes after 'keymap', there is no > further response. Again I have to ForceQuit MacVim. > >> 3. Can you describe what exactly you mean by "gvim freezes" (is only >> one window affected or do all open windows freeze...can you quit >> MacVim)? > > If I launch one gvim (7.2.108, Snapshot 43), it appears quickly. If I > then invoke File > New Window to create another gvim window, it comes > up rather slowly, taking about 45 seconds. That seems unusual. > > If I invoke something like ':help keymap' in the first gvim window, it > freezes; but the second window is not frozen. I can still type into > the second window. ForceQuit kills both windows. > > The same thing happens if I invoke 'help keymap' in the second > window. It freezes, but the first gvim window remains active. > >> >> 5. Does the problem occur in terminal mode as well (enter >> "/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim" in Terminal, assuming >> you've put MacVim.app in "/Applications")? > > Yes, MacVim.app is in /Applications. This brings up 7.2.108 in the > Terminal, and > > :help keymap > > freezes the window again. However, with vim, in a Terminal, I can > simply close the Terminal (I don't have to ForceQuit).
Thanks for the detailed replies to my questions. >From all those tests it is clear that something is going wrong inside the Vim binary and that its not MacVim itself that is acting up but I can't say what exactly is wrong. Have you tried simply deleting MacVim.app (and emptying Trash) and then downloading a new snapshot? Björn --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
