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I use vim 7.4 and it segfaults atleast four-five times everyday. I suspect it's some plugin that is causing it to crash but I don't really know. Does it happen

I use vim 7.4 and it segfaults atleast four-five times everyday. I suspect it's some plugin that is causing it to crash but I don't really know. Does it happen to anyone else too? I have mapped Ctrl-C to ESC and I use it often. One specific instance I have seen vim crash is when the cursor is at np.inf and I press Ctrl-C.

jstimpfle 9y ago
Vim has never crashed for me. And I've been using it almost exclusively for almost ten years. I don't use any plugins though. I haven't found a single usable plugin. They are terrible hacks. I figure vim must have an API that's difficult to integrate (it's too general a text editor. Look at the amount of built-in settings that hardly play nice with each other).
- juandazapata 9y ago
  I agree. Vim is solid as a rock. I've been using it for about 10 years and I saw it crash 2 times. On the other hand, I had to use Atom for 2 weeks and it crashed on me exactly 6 times.
adrianN 9y ago
Have you tried upgrading to a non-ancient vim?
- striking 9y ago
  Or, to neovim.
  - goerz 9y ago
    Actually, neovim is somewhat more prone to crashing than traditional vim, in my experience
- flukus 9y ago
  It's 6 months old at most. Their distro probably doesn't even have vim 8 yet, ubuntu 16.10 doesn't.
gideonparanoid 9y ago
I had this problem about a month ago until I upgraded to Vim 8 - not had a segfault since. It's also worth spring-cleaning your config/plugin setups.
tomsmeding 9y ago
Either you have a plugin that's wreaking havoc, or you have something weird in your setup, because a stable Vim version crashing is not something I've seen often.