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Wording in FAQ regarding g:plug_threads #323

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nicolaiskogheim opened this issue Nov 24, 2015 · 1 comment
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Wording in FAQ regarding g:plug_threads #323

nicolaiskogheim opened this issue Nov 24, 2015 · 1 comment

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@nicolaiskogheim
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Hi!

I suggest changing the sentence in the FAQ, under Vim: Caught deadly signal SEGV (last sentence in that section),
from

In the meantime, you can set g:plug_threads to 1, so that Ruby installer is not used at all.

to

In the meantime, you can use let g:plug_threads=1, so that Ruby installer is not used at all.

or something along those lines.


I just needed to do that after encountering the issue in #318, but I always get the vim script syntax messed up and try to do stuff like set g:plug_threads = 1. And, yes, setting that option resolved the freezing issue.

I could post my specs in that issue if you want to. To be brief I run

VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Aug 20 2015 09:52:41)
Included patches: 1-207, 209-801, 803-808, 810-827
+ruby/dyn +python/dyn +python/dyn

which is the standard distribution of huge vim on Fedora (package is called vim-enhanced).

EDIT: I didn't realize I didn't have ruby installed (this is on a fairly fresh install of Fedora). Installing ruby was definitively a better solution in this case, hehe.

@starcraftman
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@nicolaiskogheim Works for me, I updated the wiki.

Regarding the problem, I'm sorry to hear you are also suffering from freezes :( I will spend time tomorrow looking into this. Follow #318 for updates.

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