Cannot get it to work

[vimpunk]

Hello,

first of, apologies if this is not the right place to ask. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get this plugin to work. I have vim version 8.1 with python3 support (has('pythonx') and has('python3') both return 1) and I have installed neovim via pip (both locally with the --user flag and globally with sudo to see if it changes anything), but when running :echo neovim_rpc#serveraddr(), this is what I get:

[vim-hug-neovim-rpc] failed executing: pythonx import neovim
[vim-hug-neovim-rpc] Vim(pythonx):Traceback (most recent call last):
Error detected while processing function neovim_rpc#serveraddr:
line   15:
E605: Exception not caught: [vim-hug-neovim-rpc] requires `:pythonx import neovim` command to work
Press ENTER or type command to continue

Have I perhaps missed an installation step?

Thanks in advance!

[frescoraja]

Hi mandreyel

I think the reason you may be seeing this is that neovim module is not installed for the python3 version which Vim is configured to use.

how did you install vim and python?

assuming you are on a mac, I think if you install vim and python both via homebrew (and symlink to homebrew python executables in pyenv if you are using it), this could be a solution.

..or try removing python version management and rerun pip install commands using system pythons

hope that helps

[vimpunk]

Hey, thanks for your response!

I completely neglected to mention my platform, which is Linux, so not using homebrew, and python came preinstalled on my system, as did vim, I believe.

However, you may have a point there. How do I check which python version vim is using [as in, which specific binary]? Also, shouldn't this be solved by having installed the neovim module with both pip and pip3, in both cases with the --user flag and without it?

Appreciate the help

[jparr721]

I am running into this issue recently. My Arch Linux configurations are all running python3 and vim 8+. I usually use the fix here, but when I try to downgrade greenlet to 0.4.10 it just blows up at me.

Any tips on how to fix it?

[vimpunk]

@jparr721 Thanks for linking in that issue, I must have missed it when checking for similar ones. Indeed, greenlet seems to be the culprit for me as well.

[mariusmagureanu]

Same here, running on Arch with latest vim 8+ and python3;
I tried downgrading to greenlet 0.4.10 but cannot get it to install, gcc goes nuts with it and I didn't spend time trying to figure that one out. So I'm back on latest greenlet (0.4.14).

[Shougo]

You should try import neovim in Python3 interpreter.
I think it does not work in your enviroment.

I use Manjaro Linux and vim-hug-neovim-rpc works.

[vimpunk]

@Shougo importing neovim in a python3 interpreter does work, hence my confusion as to why it doesn't work from within vim.

[Shougo]

If so, Vim does not use the Python.
You should check the Python path.

[jparr721]

Check the python path from within vim you're saying?

[jparr721]

When I run :version python shows up at +python/dyn and +python3/dyn and yet I cannot import neovim from within vim with :python import neovim very strange...

[Shougo]

You can specify Python library by pythonthreedll option.

						*'pythonthreedll'*
'pythonthreedll'	string	(default depends on the build)
			global
			{not in Vi}
			{only available when compiled with the |+python3/dyn|
			feature}
	Specifies the name of the Python 3 shared library. The default is
	DYNAMIC_PYTHON3_DLL, which was specified at compile time.
	Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
	This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
	security reasons.

When I run :version python shows up at +python/dyn and +python3/dyn and yet I cannot import neovim from within vim with :python import neovim very strange...

And you must test :python3 import neovim instead.

[jparr721]

Aren't dlls a windows only thing? Or am I mistaken?

[jparr721]

Also, I tested with :python3 import neovim and greenlet seems to be causing an issue when it is imported.

[Shougo]

Also, I tested with :python3 import neovim and greenlet seems to be causing an issue when it is imported.

You should remove greenlet library and reinstall neovim package.

[Shougo]

Aren't dlls a windows only thing? Or am I mistaken?

It is not only Windows environment.