MacVim on OSX / Yosemite: no editor windows visible at all

Question

Installed MacVim on my Yosemite 10.10.2 Macbook Pro today from http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/25988/macvim

The problem is that no editor window(s) are visible. If I open a file using the menu, there's simply no effect: no editor window appears. It's not hidden behind other windows, it's not listed in the Windows menu, it's just entirely undisplayed.

Strangely, the file will appear in the MRU list, though. So this renders the entire editor completely useless. Should I just build gvim myself? Is this app actually being maintained by anyone?

Answer 1

I'd read some answers which suggest running:

brew install macvim

... does the trick.

You might want to try that first.

What worked for me...

However, this didn't work for me because although it updated my macvim, the one being linked to in the /Applications folder was not the version being updated by brew.

So, here are the steps I had to take.

1. Quit MacVim if open.
2. Delete the MacVim file in /Applications.

3. In the terminal, run:

   brew install macvim --override-system-vim
   

4. Run (this will add the link to your Applications file):

   brew linkapps macvim
   

I can't be sure every step above is required, or that the --override-system-vim flag is required, but I can tell you that doing the above steps worked for me.

Hope this helps.