has('mac') returns 0, but I'm on a mac?

Asked May 27 '19 at 10:48

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I am using vim in a terminal on my mac.

I understand that the command:

echo has('mac')

should return 1 (it does on macvim), because it's running on a mac. But it returns 0. Can anyone tell me why this is, and if there's a more reliable way of detecting if vim is running on osx?

EDIT: :echo has('macunix') also returns 0

EDIT2: :echo has('osx') also returns 0

edited May 27 '19 at 12:51

asked May 27 '19 at 10:48

Joe

try has('macunix') – Christian Brabandt May 27 '19 at 11:18
@ChristianBrabandt I meant to add that, thanks for the reminder – Joe May 27 '19 at 11:29
echo has('osx') ? – Ashok Arora May 27 '19 at 12:08
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See the second answer, by romainl, here: Detect OS in Vimscript. You need to use uname. – Rich May 27 '19 at 18:53

has('mac') returns 0, but I'm on a mac?

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