Xcode9 cannot install XVim. #1074

daiki1003 · 2017-06-06T14:32:18Z

I installed Xcode9 beta today and tried to install XVim.
But Xvim shows build error written above.

DVTTextSidebarViewHook.h: 11

DVTTextSidebarView.h file not found

Plz fix it.

Thx for your reading this issue.

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keith · 2017-06-06T16:57:21Z

This is unsurprising since the new source editor is said to be written from the ground up. This will likely require a decent amount of investigation since the class hierarchy that XVim is hooking in to will have changed 100%.

It would be helpful if you (or anyone else) could start looking in to this so we can understand the scope of changes that need to be made!

jklausa · 2017-06-06T17:07:28Z

It was said multiple time during SOTU that the Source Editor was rewritten in Swift, so there's a chance that without the runtime dynamism of Obj-C, it might not be possible to hack Xcode to run Xvim.

(or maybe i completely misunderstand the implication of the Swift rewrite; in which case disregard)

keith · 2017-06-06T17:11:10Z

I'm assuming (but obviously haven't checked) that much of the logic will still live in classes inheriting from NSObject. Which, depending on which Swift version their using, might mean enough of it is exposed that this will work. If they're using the new @objc behavior, it might be more difficult.

keith · 2017-06-06T18:08:04Z

If anyone wants to start looking at this, I think IDEPegasusSourceEditor.ideplugin would be a good place to start.

JugglerShu · 2017-06-07T01:28:29Z

I successfully hooked keyDown method of the IDEPegususSourceEditor.SourceCodeEditorView. Unfortunately there are a lot of other changes XVim must adjust to new Xcode. I'm working on it.

JugglerShu · 2017-06-07T01:37:35Z

By the way, does anyone know about the swift namespace -> objective-c internal naming convention?
Since the editor in new Xcode written in swift and uses namespace, the internal class name for IDEPegususSourceEditor.SourceCodeEditorView is something like "_TtC22IDEPegasusSourceEditor20SourceCodeEditorView".
I think 22 and 20 are the number of characters but don't know what _TtC part means. (maybe representing T..t..Class? )

This is not mandatory for XVim but if I can easily convert these names it would be helpful.

keith · 2017-06-07T01:42:36Z

You can run xcrun swift-demangle SYMBOL to see what it translates to:

$ xcrun swift-demangle _TtC22IDEPegasusSourceEditor20SourceCodeEditorView
_TtC22IDEPegasusSourceEditor20SourceCodeEditorView ---> IDEPegasusSourceEditor.SourceCodeEditorView

Here's a rundown of the "magic" characters though: https://mikeash.com/pyblog/friday-qa-2014-08-15-swift-name-mangling.html

JugglerShu · 2017-06-07T01:46:54Z

@keith Thanks!

JugglerShu · 2017-06-13T01:31:17Z

The editor in Xcode 9.0 deosn't use NSTextView. I have to migrate some NSTextView dependent code to fit to new Xcode 9.0's class "_TtC12SourceEditor16SourceEditorView". I already confirmed that I can move cursor with hjkl so it should work but still need some amount of time.

daiki1003 · 2017-06-13T02:45:12Z

@JugglerShu Thanks a lot!
I'm so looking forward to your fixing!

dabing1022 · 2017-06-13T08:03:47Z

I'm so so so so looking forward to your fixing! @JugglerShu

antmd · 2017-06-18T12:32:09Z

@JugglerShu If there's any conversion work which I can help with, let me know. I'd rather have vim key bindings instead of 'ultra smooth scrolling' in Pegasus.

crossle · 2017-06-20T07:43:20Z

All not used to without vim on Xcode 9

JugglerShu · 2017-06-20T10:24:22Z

@antmd Thanks. Yea I think there a a lot you can help but I think creating basic structure in my side and sharing it with others, approving PR would work better than explaining everything in text message.
Xcode 9's editor is completely different from the older one. So I think I have to make big change in the XVim classes. I might be misunderstanding Xcode9 classes because it seems Xcode9's debugger itself is not still complete and not showing the information correctly. I'm still in studying relationships in the editor class and other related objects.

baek-jinoo · 2017-06-20T18:42:41Z

Very much appreciate the work @JugglerShu. Just backed the bounty for this issue.

spenrose · 2017-06-21T22:23:34Z

FYI, beta 2 of Xcode is out.

http://adcdownload.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Xcode_9_beta_2/Release_Notes_for_Xcode_9_beta_2.pdf

dabing1022 · 2017-07-05T13:54:17Z

Hi，any progress on this？

Tom-Le · 2017-07-05T15:06:08Z

Let's be patient. I'm sure @JugglerShu will let us know when he's made more progress with studying Xcode 9's new editor. Also count me in if you need a hand.

tim-phillips · 2017-07-13T05:49:29Z

Assign us work @JugglerShu if you need the help. We're willing and able bodies and minds.

hyouuu · 2017-07-14T22:07:37Z

Same here - although I'm terrible at lower level stuff, could probably help with some aspects!

tuchangwei · 2017-07-17T07:40:57Z

very uncomfortable without XVim. 😂

JugglerShu · 2017-07-17T14:36:17Z

Sorry for waiting you long. For Xcode9 I think I have to rewrite, re-structure the XVim. Some main component (like calculating movements) can be reused but actual event handling will be rewritten.
I think the first release of XVim would be with really limited features like movements, yank, paste.

fontno · 2017-07-17T20:33:46Z

@JugglerShu Thanks for your work and for updating us. I am more than happy and I think others would certainly agree, to just have features like movements, yank, paste. This is 90% of XVim to me anyway and 100% percent better than no XVim at all.

mossheim · 2017-07-17T21:08:03Z

@JugglerShu Thank you so much for all your work on this. XVim has made my life so much better the last few months!

haaakon · 2017-08-07T14:17:28Z

Any progress @JugglerShu ? Looks like people are eager to help if you can delegate some work? Looking forward to getting it to work on XCode 9 :)

JugglerShu · 2017-08-08T08:58:15Z

Sorry for late response. Hm... I have to find a time to work on XVim more. I only have weekends to work on it now.
I would love to assign some tasks but it is still difficult task because XVim is not a simple application. The main tasks are to find out which classes/objects we should hook and which methods can be usable for Vim emulation. I hope I can make it by the release of Xcode 9 GM.

lando2319 · 2017-08-08T13:44:05Z

Thanks for the update Juggler, we all understand that XVim for version 9 will have limited functionality. That's ok, we'll improve it as things progress, we have an active community ready to help. Looking forward to it.

ebaker355 · 2017-08-08T15:55:17Z

I hope I can make it by the release of Xcode 9 GM

The source editor in Xcode 9 is still a moving target. Beta 5 was just released and introduces code folding, etc. I'm sure that makes assigning tasks much more difficult this early on, but should become easier as Xcode 9 stabilizes.

michaelnew · 2017-08-08T21:22:22Z

I wish Apple understood how important this plugin is to developers.

daiki1003 · 2017-08-09T02:24:46Z

@michaelnew
I think so too.
Or I strongly hope Apple will implement vim like editing mode.

squarefrog · 2017-10-10T08:26:49Z

@antmd Movement is really weird for me. h and l work as expected, but j jumps down 3 lines, and k goes down instead of up.

Heres a gif: http://gph.is/2y5DiQd

cor · 2017-10-10T08:46:11Z

@squarefrog I haven't tried @antmd's experiment yet, but could this have something to do with line wrapping?

squarefrog · 2017-10-10T09:11:10Z

@cor could be. I just tried it again, with a single view, the whole width of my screen, so that no wrapping occurs. I've observed the same behaviour but with another nuance. When using k, the cursor goes down until it hits an empty line (I like to strip spaces), then it gets 'stuck'. It wont move any further.

JugglerShu · 2017-10-10T11:28:37Z

@haaakon I think @antmd already has the full right to XVim project and repositories. Let me know if you have any problems on managing project/repos.

antmd · 2017-10-10T11:39:23Z

@JugglerShu thanks. I have merged back to master. I also added back some more functions (xvimrc, proper vim-like search, etc.). New issues should be raised here: https://github.com/XVimProject/XVim2/issues

antmd · 2017-10-10T11:41:02Z

@squarefrog please open an issue here: https://github.com/XVimProject/XVim2/issues. A screen cast would be nice for hard-to describe issues, but isn't necessary. Thanks.

squarefrog · 2017-10-10T12:07:44Z

Will do. While this is an excellent starting point, ~~it does seem that a lot of previous functionality is either not there, or has unexpected behaviour~~. This isn't true - I had both XVim and XVim2 installed which unsurprisingly didn't work as intended 🤦‍♀️

It does reinforce that there would be a huge benefit to focussing on integrating NeoVim or something similar, as the behaviour would be more consistent between XVim and Vim proper.

I'm unsure of the current state-of-play with integration though, so I don't know if its still feasible.

ShiyiZhao · 2017-10-10T19:14:57Z

@basketwang, have you fixed the directory not found issue? I am still encountering, even after I renamed the folder :(

ld: warning: directory not found for option '-F/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/SharedFrameworks'
ld: warning: directory not found for option '-F/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Frameworks'
ld: framework not found DVTKit
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

** BUILD FAILED **

The following build commands failed:
Ld build/Release/XVim2.xcplugin/Contents/MacOS/XVim2 normal x86_64

squarefrog · 2017-10-10T19:22:10Z

@ShiyiZhao there are two things you can try here

look at what’s set as the current Xcode using xcode-select. Look at the install readme for more information.
rename your prefixed Xcode temporarily so you can sign it, then rename it back to your preferred name.

basketwang · 2017-10-10T20:29:14Z

@ShiyiZhao you need fix the XVim2.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
you could search for xcode.app, which is a hard coded path. For a temporary fix, you can change it to your app name. long term, we should replace it with a variable.
Let me know if it works for you. :)

ShiyiZhao · 2017-10-10T21:09:14Z

Thank you @squarefrog and @basketwang! I changed my app name to Xcode.app, updated the xcode-select and also fixed a silly bug(where I have two Applications folder, and I put it in the wrong one initially, lol). And now it works! Cheers~

hyouuu · 2017-10-11T05:28:25Z

This is awesome - thanks so much @antmd and every contributors!!

zyqhi · 2017-10-11T11:27:36Z

XVim is the only Xcode plugin indispensable for me. Thank you @antmd and @JugglerSh, thank you for your work.

antmd · 2017-10-11T13:50:29Z

I haven't had any show-stopper issues raised on XVim2, so I'm closing this issue now. Please move further feature requests and discussion to XVim2. See you there!

zoltanbognar · 2017-10-11T14:16:17Z

Hi
I know that this is closed but
I trying to install xvim2 but it doesn't compile
ld: /Applications/Xcode 9.app/Contents/PlugIns/IDEPegasusSourceEditor.ideplugin/Contents/MacOS/IDEPegasusSourceEditor compiled with newer version of Swift language (4.0) than previous files (3.0) file '/Applications/Xcode 9.app/Contents/PlugIns/IDEPegasusSourceEditor.ideplugin/Contents/MacOS/IDEPegasusSourceEditor' for architecture x86_64

Thanks

Zoltan

thesoundhead · 2017-10-11T15:06:56Z

Thank you, I highly appreciate your fast work! This makes the hassle with Xcode 9 at least somewhat comfortable.

antmd · 2017-10-11T17:28:40Z

@zoltanbognar
It looks like the need to link to Xcode's libraries at compile time is complicating things.
I've created a branch called 'nolink' in XVim2. This version does not need to link with Xcode libraries at compile time. You can try checking out that branch and see if it works.

baek-jinoo · 2017-10-11T23:26:53Z

I've tried using the nolink branch, but I'm still getting an error when doing make:

The following build commands failed:
	Ld build/Release/XVim2.xcplugin/Contents/MacOS/XVim2 normal x86_64
	GenerateDSYMFile build/Release/XVim2.xcplugin.dSYM build/Release/XVim2.xcplugin/Contents/MacOS/XVim2
(2 failures)
make: *** [release] Error 65

dylanhand · 2017-10-12T01:51:48Z

It's working 🎉 Thanks for everyone's work on this. I'd been holding off on using Xcode 9 because it's pretty painful without Xvim. Glad to have it back.

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zoltanbognar · 2017-10-12T08:43:52Z

Big Thank You - nolink branch is working now for me - I love it - thank You thank You - now I can swithc to xcode 9

baek-jinoo · 2017-10-12T14:12:03Z

It didn't work for me because I changed the name of Xcode.app to Xcode_9.app in the /Applications folder. It works now that I changed it back to Xcode.app and did make. Thanks for the great work!!

ghost · 2017-10-13T05:05:20Z

I'm exciting.
XVim2 work for me.
Not only h j k l move, Yank, Put, Delete, Visual mode and more, works perfectly. Very very thank you🎉

nafu · 2017-10-16T04:01:40Z

XVim2 works 🎉
Thanks @antmd @JugglerShu 💚

dabing1022 · 2017-10-18T11:58:49Z

Cheers！

DrewKiino · 2017-10-24T15:43:27Z

thank you @antmd @JugglerShu doing god's work over here. I couldn't switch over to xcode 9 even if my work forced me to do it lmao. ended up having to code in xcode 8 then submitted with xcode 9 as a work around.

lando2319 · 2017-10-25T14:19:42Z

I'm up and running on XVim, incredible. Thanks to everyone who contributed code and bounty source money to make this happen.

Great to see there are others who are as committed as I am to the Vim Experience.

squarefrog mentioned this issue Oct 10, 2017

Motion keys do not work as intended XVimProject/XVim2#4

Closed

antmd mentioned this issue Oct 10, 2017

Linewise change / delete removes the following line XVimProject/XVim2#5

Closed

antmd closed this as completed Oct 11, 2017

ralph-e-boy mentioned this issue Oct 28, 2017

don't know how to go into vim mode after installation XVimProject/XVim2#61

Closed

Xcode9 cannot install XVim. #1074

Xcode9 cannot install XVim. #1074

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