vim_configurable starts XQuartz on startup on darwin

[ejpcmac]

Issue description

Since the last nixpkgs-unstable update, XQuartz is started when running vim in a terminal. This slows down vim startup a lot if XQuartz is not already started. vim should start without GUI.

Steps to reproduce

1. Install vim on macOS via Nix
2. Start vim from a terminal

Technical details

$ nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m"
 - system: `"x86_64-darwin"`
 - host os: `Darwin 15.6.0, macOS 10.11.6`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `no`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.0.4`
 - channels(***): `"darwin"`
 - channels(root): `"nixpkgs-18.09pre151001.1e1221c1c15"`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixpkgs`

Temporary workaround

One can alias vim to vim -X to avoid starting XQuartz.

[LnL7]

Hmm, I added X11 support to vim_configurable for +clientserver. But I'd expect only gvim to start XQuartz.

[ejpcmac]

@LnL7 gvim is not even installed on my system. I can however do vim -g to get the GUI and it works as expected. XQuartz should only be started when needed.

[LnL7]

Yeah but I don't know what's causing that, vim_configurable doesn't add any arguments except for -u vimrc

[elohmeier]

Is there already a workaround to this problem?

[stale]

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[charlie-collard]

This is still happening for me

[stale]

I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → More info

[starcraft66]

Just started experiencing this out of the blue for inexplicable reasons. Starting vim always starts XQuartz and vim -g does indeed show a GUI.

[ssl19]

   guiSupport = "no";
   darwinSupport = true;

With these two overrides, this issue could be solved on macOS .

REF: https://hardselius.github.io/