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The "open" command (when called from MacVim) is slower since MacOS Mojave #763
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The "open" command (when called from MacVim) is slower since MacOS Mojave.
I have eg these lines in my .vimrc:
" Open File:
:map gf :!gvim <cfile><CR>
" Go to URL ("Go to Link"):
:map gl :!open -a "Google Chrome" "<cWORD>"<CR>
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ychin commentedon Nov 1, 2018
@tobireif I can confirm this is happening. I don't have High Sierra installed to test unfortunately, but was it instantaneous before Mojave?
tobireif commentedon Nov 1, 2018
Thanks for investigating!
Yes, it used to be very usable in a fast workflow. Now it's slow which is an issue, eg when I try to open several links in a row ...
ychin commentedon Nov 2, 2018
I tried building MacVim with the latest changes under Xcode 10 and the issue seems to be gone somewhat. I don't know where the issue lied or whether some change actually fixed it or not, but after next time we do a release I'll ping here again to see if you see that issue.
tobireif commentedon Nov 2, 2018
Thanks!
alswl commentedon Nov 9, 2018
This bug was fixed for me on mojave 10.14.1 (18B75) .updated: oops, it did not.
tobireif commentedon Nov 10, 2018
(Yep, the issue persists here as well, on the same OS version.)
tobireif commentedon Nov 16, 2018
Perhaps someone could report it to Apple at https://bugreport.apple.com/web/ .
ychin commentedon Dec 3, 2018
Are you using homebrew or the distributed release binaries @tobireif ?
tobireif commentedon Dec 3, 2018
I had installed MacVim (quite a while ago) from https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/releases , and since then it updates itself.
ychin commentedon Dec 5, 2018
Ok. I think the issue is somehow because MacVim is currently not signed by an Apple Developer ID, which… for some reason means calling
openis slow. I will investigate #517 to see if I can get an developer ID to sign it, plus see if Apple could fix the issue (there are users who use MacVim by building locally hence shouldn't be forced to self-sign their apps).tobireif commentedon Dec 5, 2018
Sounds good!
tobireif commentedon Dec 14, 2018
I hope it will be possible to fix this 😀
chdiza commentedon Dec 14, 2018
I don't see this delay on Mojave, but then again I have SIP disabled and Gatekeeper set to allow everything.
adudek16 commentedon Dec 18, 2018
I can confirm that opening windows via the app is definitely broken under 10.14.2. If I run mvim from the cli a new window opens up quickly. I have 2 macs I can test with one with 10.14.2 and one with 10.13.6. I install from Binaries mostly.
ychin commentedon Dec 19, 2018
The next binary release will be signed by an Apple Developer ID which will (for some reason) fix this. Use the tagged milestone in this issue to track progress and ETA.
adudek16 commentedon Dec 19, 2018
Great. I did some testing and installed 151 to the desktop. Launching from there is as expected, but when installed into applications, then it is slow. I repeated same test with 153 and the behavior is the same. From the Desktop - speedy, from Applications - slow if at all.
ychin commentedon Dec 19, 2018
Hmm, FWIW that's not the case for me. Compiled for 10.13 or signed application: Fast either way (desktop or Applications). Unsigned app built for 10.14: Slow either way. I don't think the behavior manifests depending on where you are running the app bundle form so I'm surprised you saw that.
tobireif commentedon Dec 19, 2018
Thank you!
tobireif commentedon Jan 8, 2019
I currently have the latest MacVim version "Custom Version 8.1.577 (153)". Which version should fix the issue? Thanks in advance :)
ychin commentedon Jan 8, 2019
You need 154 which is not released yet. Use the tagged milestone to track the date it will be released (which is within this month).
tobireif commentedon Jan 9, 2019
Thanks!
MacVim Snapshot 154
ychin commentedon Feb 4, 2019
Latest release (https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/releases/tag/snapshot-154) now signs the app. The open delay should be gone.
tobireif commentedon Feb 4, 2019
Thanks! I think the severe delay is gone. (Right at the start after opening a link there still is a certain amount of lag, but I don't know whether that's fixable.)
ychin commentedon Feb 4, 2019
Hmm I don't see any delays anymore on my end. Let me know if it's really long. It should behave similar to older non-Mojave versions.
tobireif commentedon Feb 5, 2019
The issue where it takes really long (since Mojave) definitely is fixed. Thank you!