Vim-go: Not an editor command (again. Yes I've read the other ones)

[tzeejay]

What did you do? (required. The issue will be closed when not provided.)

Tried to install vim-go without a package manager, as described by the installation instructions.

What did you expect to happen?

vim-go to be available in vim whenever I'm opening/editing a .go file.

What happened instead?

None of the commands/features of vim-go where available to me (because it isn't installed correctly, or not being activated).

Configuration (MUST fill this out):

• Vim version (first two lines from :version):
  :version
  VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Jul 26 2017 19:10:24)
  Included patches: 1-503, 505-642
  Compiled by root @apple.com

• Go version (go version):
  go version go1.9.2 darwin/amd64

• Go environment (go env):
  GOARCH="amd64"
  GOBIN=""
  GOEXE=""
  GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
  GOHOSTOS="darwin"
  GOOS="darwin"
  GOPATH="/Users/cj/Development/Go"
  GORACE=""
  GOROOT="/usr/local/Cellar/go/1.9.2/libexec"
  GOTOOLDIR="/usr/local/Cellar/go/1.9.2/libexec/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64"
  GCCGO="gccgo"
  CC="clang"
  GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -pthread -fno-caret-diagnostics -Qunused-arguments -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/var/folders/05/t3x2y8x52qn8jwmnwmsm7d4h0000gn/T/go-build655943658=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches -fno-common"
  CXX="clang++"
  CGO_ENABLED="1"
  CGO_CFLAGS="-g -O2"
  CGO_CPPFLAGS=""
  CGO_CXXFLAGS="-g -O2"
  CGO_FFLAGS="-g -O2"
  CGO_LDFLAGS="-g -O2"
  PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config"

• vim-go version:
  v1.15

• vimrc you used to reproduce (use a minimal vimrc with other plugins disabled; do not link to a 2,000 line vimrc):
  I don't have a vimrc file (I'm a very basic vim user and installing vim-go is my first time trying it out)

I'm running macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 with the vim version that comes bundled with the OS.

I've installed vim-go as described in the instructions for Vim 8 packages.

:GoRun command not an editor command (yes I spelled it correctly and watched for the uppercase letters)

[arp242]

What is the filetype for the buffer you're editing? :verbose set ft?

[tzeejay]

@Carpetsmoker It just returns filetype= but it's a .go file. Shouldn't that be sufficient?

[arp242]

It should be filetype=go, so it looks like that's not being set correctly. This is not a vim-go problem, as such. vim-go only loads most of the :Go* commands for Go files (with the exception of :GoInstallBinaries, :GoPath, and :GoUpdateBinaries).

You mentioned you don't have a vimrc file, but do you have a blank file in ~/.vimrc or ~/.vim/vimrc perhaps? Having a blank file there disables setting some of the default settings (...which is a bit silly). Try adding source $VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim to your vimrc file.

Also see :help defaults.vim.

[tzeejay]

@Carpetsmoker
So I had created those files with BBEdit and I thought maybe they flip a bit or don't set the filetype correctly. I created a new folder in my $GOPATH & created a new .go file using vim saved it and closed vim. I then reopened the file entered :verbose set ft? and got filetype= back so this is happening due to something else...

I also added your defaults.vim in my .vimrc file but that also didn't do the trick.

[arp242]

I also added your defaults.vim in my .vimrc file but that also didn't do the trick.

It still looks like filetype detection isn't enabled, which is probably also why you don't have syntax highlighting, so something doesn't seem quite right here.

[wmatusiak]

What :filetype returns ? If detection is off add filetype plugin indent on to Your vimrc file.

[bhcleek]

I'm closing this due to lack of participation by the author, and because it appears to be particular to his setup. @tzeejay please let us know if this should be reopened.

[WarpRat]

I had the same issue with a very similar setup as the OP. If anyone else finds this via Google @wmatusiak was exactly right. I don't use OSX as much as linux, I have no idea why there isn't a .vimrc file set up from the beginning but adding a basic ~/.vimrc with just the line from @wmatusiak's answer and everything is working as expected. Thanks!

[justgoodman]

@wmatusiak Thank you), you are really help

[pytimer]

@wmatusiak Thanks. It works well for me.

[hamiltont]

@arp242 thank you! I didn't know about source $VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim and it fixed my issues :-)