MacVim crashes when opening a new tab if started from terminal (homebrew installation)

[DrTobe]

Steps to reproduce

1. mvim
2. :tabe<RETURN>
3. MacVim crashes (relatively silently)

Alternatively:

1. mvim
2. Ctrl + P (with CtrlP plugin installed)
3. Ctrl + T (to open whatever file in a new tab)
4. MacVim crashes with a stack trace

Expected behaviour

It should open a new tab and not crash.

Version of Vim and architecture

VIM - Vi IMproved 9.0 (2022 Jun 28, compiled Sep 15 2022 18:56:17) macOS version - arm64 Included patches: 1-472 Compiled by Homebrew

Environment

OS: Ventura 13.1
Terminal: iTerm2
$TERM: xterm-256color
Shell: zsh

This can also be reproduced with the stock Terminal.app. It does not happen when MacVim is started via Spotlight. It also happens when MacVim is started with mvim --clean.

How MacVim was installed

Installed via Homebrew

Logs and stack traces

Please let me know which further info / logs / stack traces are helpful to debug the problem.

Vim configuration where issue is reproducable

No response

Issue has been tested with given configuration

• by running MacVim.app from GUI macOS interface
• by running vim/gvim/etc installed by MacVim
• by running other versions of vim (e.g. /usr/bin/vim)

Issue has been tested with no configuration

• by running mvim --clean (or gvim, supplied by MacVim distribution)
• by running vim --clean (in terminal, supplied by MacVim distribution)
• by running vim --clean (in terminal, other suppliers, e.g. /usr/bin/vim)

Other conditions

• The both Homebrew packages "vim" and "macvim" are installed

[charlax]

Same issue with the following specs:

• Ventura 13.1
• Starting from kitty terminal
• zsh

Installed via Homebrew:

VIM - Vi IMproved 9.0 (2022 Jun 28, compiled Sep 15 2022 18:XX:XX)
macOS version - arm64
Included patches: 1-472
Compiled by Homebrew
Huge version with MacVim GUI.

Happens with mvim --clean too.

[charlax]

Actually, you get the behavior even if you open the app from Finder.

[dlejay]

Same issue with the following specs:

Ventura 13.1
Starting by clicking the icon
Installed via Macports:

VIM - Vi IMproved 9.0 (2022 Jun 28, compiled Dec 25 2022 22:32:35)
macOS version - arm64
Included patches: 1-472
Compiled by MacPorts
Huge version with MacVim GUI.

Happens with mvim --clean too.

Interestingly, as of today, with the Homebrew version (see compilation time, which is different than the one of @charlax)

VIM - Vi IMproved 9.0 (2022 Jun 28, compiled Sep 15 2022 19:27:32)
macOS version - arm64
Included patches: 1-472
Compiled by Homebrew
Huge version with MacVim GUI.

I have no problems

[phongphan]

I could confirmed that it happen on the Release 174 but not on master. It seems to fixed by cd4bd98

[ychin]

Sorry, I have been slow in making a release. I'm trying to fix up the stragglers so we can get a stable build with fully-fleshed out features but it was taking long than I thought. I think we are getting close though. Having an outstanding crash is def not great.

[ychin]

But this is basically a dup of #1333. I'm closing as a dup for now. It will be in the next release.