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Asked: 2026-06-07T14:53:18+00:00

I have installed yadr dotfiles , a set of vim, ruby, etc plugins. I

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I have installed yadr dotfiles, a set of vim, ruby, etc plugins.

I have the following line of Ruby code in a file foo.rb:

foo: bar

Note I used the ruby 1.9.3 syntax for symbol assignment/definition.

When I start macvim from command line using mvim foo.rb and save that file, everything works fine.

However, when I open macvim using open -a macvim and navigate to and open foo.rb, when I try to save the file I get a ruby-vim syntax error on foo: bar. When I change it to :foo => bar I don’t get syntax errors.

  • Using open -a macvim to open macvim, and then entering :!ruby -v prints ruby 1.8.7
  • Using mvim . to open macvim, and then entering :!ruby -v prints ruby 1.9.3

Depending on how I open macvim, I get a different version of Ruby. How do I ensure that macvim always uses ruby 1.9.3 to evaluate my ruby code?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It took me awhile to find a fix, but the issue is caused by MacVim not loading zsh the same way Terminal loads zsh.

    The fix is easy enough and can be placed into your zshrc. See a commit from my dotfiles:

    https://github.com/simeonwillbanks/dotfiles/commit/e0e19cfeff13f8bc99d8164217ddd84c6d7f9529

    The commit references a full explanation which can be found here:

    http://vim.1045645.n5.nabble.com/MacVim-and-PATH-tt3388705.html#a3392363

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    Hope this helps!

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