python/dyn instead of python

[giper45]

Hello, in my default vim installed Mac Version there's the following python support:

 +python/dyn
-python3 

It seems that there is dynamic python library support, but when I run with enabled plugin vim error still happens:

vim-live-preview: Python initialization failed.

Is there any way to use dynamic python without compiling vim for the static python library ? Thanks in advance!

[xuhdev]

The plugin only calls has('python') to see whether python APIs are accessible. You can try the following and see the output:

 :echo has('python')

[giper45]

It gives 1... but the error appears anyway...strange doesn't?

[ranguli]

@giper45 Was this ever resolved?

[giper45]

Hi @ranguli unfortunately I wasn't able to use latex preview with python/dyn , even by editing the plugin and by supporting the python/dyn library it didn't work. I don't know if it's a Mac problem, anyway a solution could be to download vim source code and compile it by enabling the python support and by replacing the native mac vim with the compiled vim. I didn't try this, and I'm using a mix of texshop (mac native latex editor) to update the pdf preview with ctrl+R and mac native vim to edit latex files more quickly. If you try to compile vim let me now if the plugin works!

[ranguli]

@giper45 My solution (documented in issue #12 ) is the same as yours, I had to re-compile Vim with python3 support in order to remove python/dyn and change the calls to python to python3 in the code in order for it to work. Based on this I think it's safe to assume that there's no support python/dyn right now. I'll make a pull request on the README and add it as a known issue.

[badouralix]

Fun fact: here is my working config:

VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Jun  8 2017 20:53:45)
Included patches: 1-628
Compiled by Arch Linux
Huge version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
+python/dyn      +python3/dyn

So, I'm not totally sure it is entirely related to +python vs +python/dyn

[ranguli]

@badouralix Funky. So both of your Vim installations support +python/dyn, the only differences in your environments being macOS vs Arch and consequently macOS's supplied version of Vim vs a compiled one.

But if they both support +python/dyn, that shouldn't matter.. right? I might need to remove this as a known issue depending on what we find out.

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