diff --git a/autoload/xolox/misc/compat.vim b/autoload/xolox/misc/compat.vim
index 3f3a42c..b1fd30b 100644
--- a/autoload/xolox/misc/compat.vim
+++ b/autoload/xolox/misc/compat.vim
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 " scripts breaks backwards compatibility. This enables my Vim plug-ins to fail
 " early when they detect an incompatible version, instead of breaking at the
 " worst possible moments :-).
-let g:xolox#misc#compat#version = 7
+let g:xolox#misc#compat#version = 9
 
 " Remember the directory where the miscellaneous scripts are loaded from
 " so the user knows which plug-in to update if incompatibilities arise.
diff --git a/autoload/xolox/misc/msg.vim b/autoload/xolox/misc/msg.vim
index 38eb474..0104b67 100644
--- a/autoload/xolox/misc/msg.vim
+++ b/autoload/xolox/misc/msg.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " Functions to interact with the user.
 "
 " Author: Peter Odding <peter@peterodding.com>
-" Last Change: May 19, 2013
+" Last Change: May 20, 2013
 " URL: http://peterodding.com/code/vim/misc/
 
 if !exists('g:xolox_message_buffer')
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ function! xolox#misc#msg#debug(...) " {{{1
   " increased verbosity by setting Vim's ['verbose'] [verbose] option to one
   " (1) or higher. This function has the same argument handling as Vim's
   " [printf()] [printf] function.
-  "
-  " [verbose]: http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/options.html#'verbose'
   if &vbs >= 1
     call s:show_message('question', a:000)
   endif
diff --git a/autoload/xolox/misc/os.vim b/autoload/xolox/misc/os.vim
index 4dcf64d..9554947 100644
--- a/autoload/xolox/misc/os.vim
+++ b/autoload/xolox/misc/os.vim
@@ -1,16 +1,45 @@
 " Operating system interfaces.
 "
 " Author: Peter Odding <peter@peterodding.com>
-" Last Change: May 19, 2013
+" Last Change: May 20, 2013
 " URL: http://peterodding.com/code/vim/misc/
 
-let g:xolox#misc#os#version = '0.3'
+let g:xolox#misc#os#version = '0.4'
 
 function! xolox#misc#os#is_win() " {{{1
   " Returns 1 (true) when on Microsoft Windows, 0 (false) otherwise.
   return has('win16') || has('win32') || has('win64')
 endfunction
 
+function! xolox#misc#os#find_vim() " {{{1
+  " Returns the program name of Vim as a string. On Windows and UNIX this
+  " simply returns [v:progname] [progname] while on Mac OS X there is some
+  " special magic to find MacVim's executable even though it's usually not on
+  " the executable search path.
+  "
+  " [progname]: http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/eval.html#v:progname
+  let progname = ''
+  if has('macunix')
+    " Special handling for Mac OS X where MacVim is usually not on the $PATH.
+    call xolox#misc#msg#debug("os.vim %s: Trying MacVim workaround to find Vim executable ..", g:xolox#misc#os#version)
+    let segments = xolox#misc#path#split($VIMRUNTIME)
+    if segments[-3:] == ['Resources', 'vim', 'runtime']
+      let progname = xolox#misc#path#join(segments[0:-4] + ['MacOS', 'Vim'])
+      call xolox#misc#msg#debug("os.vim %s: The MacVim workaround resulted in the Vim executable %s.", g:xolox#misc#os#version, string(progname))
+    endif
+  endif
+  if empty(progname)
+    call xolox#misc#msg#debug("os.vim %s: Looking for Vim executable named %s on search path ..", g:xolox#misc#os#version, string(v:progname))
+    let candidates = xolox#misc#path#which(v:progname)
+    if !empty(candidates)
+      call xolox#misc#msg#debug("os.vim %s: Found %i candidate(s) on search path: %s.", g:xolox#misc#os#version, len(candidates), string(candidates))
+      let progname = candidates[0]
+    endif
+  endif
+  call xolox#misc#msg#debug("os.vim %s: Reporting Vim executable %s.", g:xolox#misc#os#version, string(progname))
+  return progname
+endfunction
+
 function! xolox#misc#os#exec(options) " {{{1
   " Execute an external command (hiding the console on Microsoft Windows when
   " my [vim-shell plug-in] [vim-shell] is installed).
@@ -63,9 +92,7 @@ function! xolox#misc#os#exec(options) " {{{1
     if !async
       let tempout = tempname()
       let temperr = tempname()
-      let cmd = printf('(%s) 1>%s 2>%s', cmd,
-            \ xolox#misc#escape#shell(tempout),
-            \ xolox#misc#escape#shell(temperr))
+      let cmd = printf('(%s) 1>%s 2>%s', cmd, xolox#misc#escape#shell(tempout), xolox#misc#escape#shell(temperr))
     endif
 
     " If A) we're on Windows, B) the vim-shell plug-in is installed and C) the
diff --git a/autoload/xolox/misc/timer.vim b/autoload/xolox/misc/timer.vim
index d7fc32d..31072f5 100644
--- a/autoload/xolox/misc/timer.vim
+++ b/autoload/xolox/misc/timer.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " Timing of long during operations.
 "
 " Author: Peter Odding <peter@peterodding.com>
-" Last Change: May 19, 2013
+" Last Change: May 20, 2013
 " URL: http://peterodding.com/code/vim/misc/
 
 if !exists('g:timer_enabled')
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ let s:has_reltime = has('reltime')
 function! xolox#misc#timer#start() " {{{1
   " Start a timer. This returns a list which can later be passed to
   " `xolox#misc#timer#stop()`.
-  if g:timer_enabled || &verbose >= g:timer_verbosity
-    return s:has_reltime ? reltime() : [localtime()]
-  endif
-  return []
+  return s:has_reltime ? reltime() : [localtime()]
 endfunction
 
 function! xolox#misc#timer#stop(...) " {{{1
@@ -40,6 +37,14 @@ function! xolox#misc#timer#stop(...) " {{{1
   endif
 endfunction
 
+function! xolox#misc#timer#force(...) " {{{1
+  " Show a formatted message to the user. This function has the same argument
+  " handling as Vim's [printf()] [printf] function with one difference: At the
+  " point where you want the elapsed time to be embedded, you write `%s` and
+  " you pass the list returned by `xolox#misc#timer#start()` as an argument.
+  call call('xolox#misc#msg#info', map(copy(a:000), 's:convert_value(v:val)'))
+endfunction
+
 function! s:convert_value(value) " {{{1
   if type(a:value) != type([])
     return a:value
diff --git a/autoload/xolox/reload.vim b/autoload/xolox/reload.vim
index a295db0..7b4ab4d 100644
--- a/autoload/xolox/reload.vim
+++ b/autoload/xolox/reload.vim
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 " Author: Peter Odding
 " URL: http://peterodding.com/code/vim/reload/
 
-let g:xolox#reload#version = '0.6.13'
+let g:xolox#reload#version = '0.6.14'
 
-call xolox#misc#compat#check('reload.vim', g:xolox#reload#version, 7)
+call xolox#misc#compat#check('reload.vim', g:xolox#reload#version, 9)
 
 " Patterns to match various types of Vim script names. {{{1