instructions for installing macvim

2012-03-20 Thread Yvonne Watkins
I'm going to preface this post with: I'm not a complete idiot, just a PC user trying to hop the fence to the mac world. I'm attempting to install MacVim on my Mac (Snow Leopard) I downloaded alexloveltroy-macvim zip file, and then unzipped it, but could not find a package file (*.pkg) within t

Re: instructions for installing macvim

2012-03-20 Thread Cássio Marques
- Download this file: LEGACY-OSX-10_6-MacVim-snapshot-62.tbz (https://github.com/downloads/b4winckler/macvim/LEGACY-OSX-10_6-MacVim-snapshot-62.tbz) - Extract it - Copy the MacVim file to your Applications folder - cp the mvim file to /usr/bin That's it, works pretty well for me, also on Snow Leo

Re: instructions for installing macvim

2012-03-20 Thread Adimir Colen
You can use the "homebrew" to install several programs on the mac, and theninstall https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/installation MacVim, "brew installMacVim" I recommend this -- Adimir Colen @adimircolen On 20/03/2012, at 13:07, Cássio Marques wrote: > - Download this file: LEGACY-OSX-10_

Re: instructions for installing macvim

2012-03-20 Thread Darcy
I find it easier to use brew. 1) Install brew. http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/ 1.5) To make binaries installed by brew take precedence over other binaries on your OS, make sure /usr/local/bin is at the front of your path. You can do this by adding this to your bashrc. # Move (or Add) /usr/loca

Re: instructions for installing macvim

2012-03-20 Thread Stanislaw Pusep
Install MacPorts: http://www.macports.org/install.php Then do "sudo port install MacVim +cscope +huge +perl +python +ruby +tcl" to install the full version. On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 14:21, Darcy wrote: > I find it easier to use brew. > > 1) Install brew. http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/ > > 1.5

Re: instructions for installing macvim

2012-03-20 Thread Bee
On Mar 19, 2:35 pm, Yvonne Watkins wrote: > I'm going to preface this post with: I'm not a complete idiot, just a PC user > trying to hop the fence to the mac world. > > I'm attempting to install MacVim on my Mac (Snow Leopard) I downloaded > alexloveltroy-macvim zip file, and then unzipped it

Re: instructions for installing macvim

2012-03-21 Thread Andrew Stewart
On 20 Mar 2012, at 18:21, Darcy wrote: > vim='mvim -v' How does the -v flag work? I can't find it documented in "Starting MacVim" and it's not used in the `mvim` script. Thanks in advance, Andy Stewart http://airbladesoftware.com -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist

Re: instructions for installing macvim

2012-03-21 Thread Phil Dobbin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21/03/2012 08:48, Andrew Stewart wrote: > > On 20 Mar 2012, at 18:21, Darcy wrote: >> vim='mvim -v' > > How does the -v flag work? I can't find it documented in "Starting MacVim" > and it's not used in the `mvim` script. It aliases console Vim

Re: instructions for installing macvim

2012-03-21 Thread Andrew Stewart
On 21 Mar 2012, at 10:29, Phil Dobbin wrote: > On 21/03/2012 08:48, Andrew Stewart wrote: >> On 20 Mar 2012, at 18:21, Darcy wrote: >>> vim='mvim -v' >> >> How does the -v flag work? I can't find it documented in "Starting MacVim" >> and it's not used in the `mvim` script. > > It aliases conso

Re: instructions for installing macvim

2012-03-21 Thread Phil Dobbin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21/03/2012 09:31, Andrew Stewart wrote: > > On 21 Mar 2012, at 10:29, Phil Dobbin wrote: >> On 21/03/2012 08:48, Andrew Stewart wrote: >>> On 20 Mar 2012, at 18:21, Darcy wrote: vim='mvim -v' >>> >>> How does the -v flag work? I can't find i

Re: instructions for installing macvim

2012-03-21 Thread Andrew Stewart
On 21 Mar 2012, at 10:51, Phil Dobbin wrote: > See :help -v Oh, right. Thanks! Cheers, Andy Stewart -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php

Re: instructions for installing macvim

2012-03-22 Thread Darcy
Just to clarify `sudo ln -s $(which gvim) $(which vim)` is different. It does not include the -v option. This just creates a link of gvim to vim. vim='mvim -v' alias vim="${vim}" The -v option for mvim is to open vim inside a terminal rather than opening the usual gui version of macvim. (try it

Re: instructions for installing macvim

2012-03-22 Thread Phil Dobbin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 22/03/2012 13:53, Darcy wrote: > Just to clarify `sudo ln -s $(which gvim) $(which vim)` is different. > It does not include the -v option. This just creates a link of gvim > to vim. > > vim='mvim -v' > alias vim="${vim}" > > The -v option for mv