Install Vim runtime to the MacVim app bundle properly #1430
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Previously, MacVim's build process simply used an Xcode post-build script to copy the runtime folder to the target app bundle's Contents/Resources/vim/runtime folder and called it a day. However, that's actually not the correct procedure because the runtime folder contains misc files (e.g. Makefile/testdir for testing) and they should go through a install step using `make install` to properly deploy the proper files to the target folder. Fix this by changing the post-build script to call the relevant make targets instead of just blindly copying it over. We still copy the vim/view/etc and vimtutor binaries separately for now, because the mvim script is a custom script for MacVim, although that could change in future. One of the corollary of using the builtin installation scripts is that man pages (for CLI vim/gvim usage) are now properly generated. They are now stored under `MacVim.app/Contents/man`, and a user can set MANPATH to it if they so wish. Another corollary is that we now bundle xxd with MacVim like most Vim distributions. It was probably an oversight before, and now it's built and bundled in the `MacVim.app/Contents/bin` folder like the vim/view/mvim scripts. One annoying thing with Xcode is that in order for incremental builds to work properly we want it to only run this installation step if the runtime folder has changed (it takes a couple secs to finish) and Xcode's input file lists doesn't support recursive folder search. To fix this, add a build step to manually generate the list of all runtime folders called runtime_folder_list.xcfilelist which we pass to the build step. Fix macvim-dev#1417
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Updated to Vim 9.0.1897 Special Notes ==================== As some of you may have read, Bram Moolenaar, the creator of Vim, has [passed away](https://groups.google.com/g/vim_announce/c/tWahca9zkt4) recently. He has worked tirelessly on Vim for more than 30 years and this release is dedicated to him. If you would like, you could pay your respects at [this discussion thread](vim/vim#12737). The Vim project has transitioned to new maintainers, and MacVim will continue to be supported as long as Vim is around. Features ==================== More flexible Python integration -------------------- MacVim now allows you to use Python runtime (via `pythonthreedll`, used for Python plugins) of any version at or above 3.9. Previously you had to use the exact same version that was used to build MacVim (Python 3.11). The Python detection logic is also updated to always just find the latest version of Homebrew Python instead of a fixed one, and it will also now locate the default macOS / Xcode Python provided by the Xcode Command Line Tools if that is the only Python available. This should hopefully make configuring Python for MacVim a lot more seamless. See `:h python3-stable-abi`. Vim v9.0.1776 / #1428. New Vim features -------------------- - New built-in support for [EditorConfig](https://editorconfig.org/) via an optional package. Use `packadd editorconfig` to activate it. See vim/vim#12902. - `g<End>` now goes to the first non-blank char. v9.0.1753 - API changes - `undotree()` now takes a bufnr v9.0.1686 - `printf()` now takes positional arguments v9.0.1704 - `virtcol()` now takes winid v9.0.1728 - quickfix items can now have user data v9.0.1688 - Miscellaneous security fixes. Security Fixes ==================== - Fixed insecure usages of interprocess communication in MacVim (CVE-2023-41036) Fixes ==================== - Fixed MacVim to correctly set up the runtime folder in the app bundle. As a corollary, `xxd` is now bundled with MacVim like most other Vim distributions, and MacVim.app now provides man page for the CLI vim commands if the user wants to associate man pages with the `mvim` comamnd (see `:h macvim-PATH`). #1430 - Fixed Vim occasionally crashing and/or hung when autocmd calls `serverlist()` on exit. #1427 Scripting ==================== - Scripting languages versions: - Python now supports 3.9 or above. Compatibility ==================== Requires macOS 10.9 or above. (10.9 - 10.12 requires downloading a separate legacy build) Script interfaces have compatibility with these versions: - Lua 5.4 - Perl 5.30 - Python2 2.7 - Python3 3.9 or above - Ruby 3.2
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Previously, MacVim's build process simply used an Xcode post-build script to copy the runtime folder to the target app bundle's Contents/Resources/vim/runtime folder and called it a day. However, that's actually not the correct procedure because the runtime folder contains misc files (e.g. Makefile/testdir for testing) and they should go through a install step using
make installto properly deploy the proper files to the target folder.Fix this by changing the post-build script to call the relevant make targets instead of just blindly copying it over. We still copy the vim/view/etc and vimtutor binaries separately for now, because the mvim script is a custom script for MacVim, although that could change in future.
One of the corollary of using the builtin installation scripts is that man pages (for CLI vim/gvim usage) are now properly generated. They are now stored under
MacVim.app/Contents/man, and a user can set MANPATH to it if they so wish.Another corollary is that we now bundle xxd with MacVim like most Vim distributions. It was probably an oversight before, and now it's built and bundled in the
MacVim.app/Contents/binfolder like the vim/view/mvim scripts.One annoying thing with Xcode is that in order for incremental builds to work properly we want it to only run this installation step if the runtime folder has changed (it takes a couple secs to finish) and Xcode's input file lists doesn't support recursive folder search. To fix this, add a build step to manually generate the list of all runtime folders called runtime_folder_list.xcfilelist which we pass to the build step.
Fix #1417