Location of log file

[jonwilts]

Hello. New neovide user, on macOS (installed via Homebrew).

I'm trying to debug a shell / environment issue (99.9% certainly user error on my part), and to do so I need to run neovide with --log. However, I need to do this not from the terminal, as everything works correctly when run from the terminal.

Not a problem; I can write an applescript as follows:

do shell script "/Applications/Neovide.app/Contents/MacOS/neovide --log"

However, when I do this I have absolutely no idea where the log ends up! The documentation says "in the same directory as the executable" - but it doesn't appear in the directory of the script, it doesn't appear in the Neovide Application Bundle, it doesn't appear in my home directory, it doesn't appear in ~/Library/Application Support/neovide, nor ~/Library/Logs.

Any clues? Thank you!

[jonwilts]

Quick update: if I run

% cd /Applications/Neovide.app/Contents/MacOS
% ./neovide --log

from the terminal, then open Activity Monitor, double click on the neovide process, and go to the "Open Files and Ports" tab, I can see the process has open the log file:

/Applications/Neovide.app/Contents/MacOS/neovide_rCURRENT.log

However, if I run my AppleScript as detailed above, the neovide process launches, but does not have a log file open. Which explains why I can't find it.

[jonwilts]

Ok, figured it out - neovide wants to create the log file in /Applications/Neovide.app/Contents/MacOS but macOS won't let it because the process inherits permissions from the AppleScript Script Editor. Solution is to grant Script Editor "App Management" rights in System Settings -> Privacy & Security.

Hope this is useful for someone!