MacVim: Pydiction unable to use

Question

I'm trying to add Pydiction into MacVim, I followed the readme file.

Put python_pydiction.vim in ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/ and write:

let g:pydiction_location = '~/pydiction/complete-dict'

into my .vimrc file. But when I press tab in MacVim, an error will rise:

undefined variable g:pydiction_location

Can anyone tell me where am I wrong ?

maybe a silly question, but did you try restarting VIM after all this? — Andy Ray, Dec 26 '11 at 21:35
In VIM if you type :echo g:pydiction_location what is the output? If it's undefined, try :source ~/.vimrc next — Andy Ray, Dec 26 '11 at 21:57
I tried :echo g:pydiction_location and get E121: Undefined variable E15: Invalid expression: g:pydiction_location — Steven Yue, Dec 27 '11 at 03:37
that means it's not being set. Make sure you are adding it to your ~/.vimrc file. Do :e $MYVIMRC in vim and make sure it's in that file. — Andy Ray, Dec 27 '11 at 03:41
That works! Thank you! I somehow messed up with two vimrc files. — Steven Yue, Dec 27 '11 at 05:09

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 27 '11 at 06:04

As discussed in the comments, you were editing a file that wasn't actually your .vimrc file. You may have typed:

:e vimrc
:e ~/vimrc
:e .vimrc

none of which will probably edit your actual .vimrc file. It must have a dot in front of it AND be located in your home directory. You can also type :pwd in vim to see the current working directory. If you do :e .vimrc it will create a new file in whatever directory you are in if it doesn't exist.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 03 '12 at 13:54

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Do you use NERDTree? If so it seems that Pydiction and NERDTree conflict with each other in some way.

answered Nov 03 '12 at 13:54

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