Open in Terminal Option of Finder Pathbar: selected folder opens in MacVim

[DogmaF]

Steps to reproduce

1. open a finder window with the Pathbar enabled
2. select a folder (i.e. click once to highlight folder)
3. right-click on the folder name in the Pathbar
4. choose 'open in terminal'

Instead of opening a terminal at the selected directory, MacVim executes and opens the directory as a text file.

Expected behaviour

A terminal opens at the directory indicated by the folder.

Version of Vim and architecture

9.1, GUI, Intel i9, 64 Gb, AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 8 Gb

Environment

OS: 14.6.1 $TERM: xterm-256color shell: bash

How MacVim was installed

downloaded installer from macvim

Logs and stack traces

No response

Vim configuration where issue is reproducable

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R_h8poaPPzuo4oo9yHWz7jh0BbIIT649/view?usp=drive_link

Issue has been tested with given configuration

• [X] by running MacVim.app from GUI macOS interface
• [ ] by running vim/gvim/etc installed by MacVim
• [ ] by running other versions of vim (e.g. /usr/bin/vim)

Issue has been tested with no configuration

• [ ] by running mvim --clean (or gvim, supplied by MacVim distribution)
• [ ] by running vim --clean (in terminal, supplied by MacVim distribution)
• [ ] by running vim --clean (in terminal, other suppliers, e.g. /usr/bin/vim)

Other conditions

• [ ] The both Homebrew packages "vim" and "macvim" are installed

[DogmaF]

Solution: choose a file that the system sees as "Unix Executable File" (such as a shell script that does not have an extension), open "Get Info" on such a file, change the "Open with:" selection to "Terminal.app", and finally click "Change All..

[ychin]

Hmm I never knew about this behavior. I am guessing you assigned Unix Executable File to MacVim? Or was that done automatically?

[DogmaF]

I actually don't recall how my Unix executables got assigned to MacVim. But the solution was not obvious. Hopefully by raising this issue I can help others that run into the problem.