On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 04:48:22AM -0700, linda.s wrote:
> On 4/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > linda.s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 2006.04.13 16:02:44:
> >
> > > I have both vim and gvim app under my applications in the Mac. Both work
> > fine.
> > > I typed vim in the terminal and it successfully went yo VIM interface.
> > > However, if I typed gvim, there came an error message "-bash: gvim:
> > > command not found". If I want to launch gvim from the terminal, what
> > > to do
> >
> > try: vim -g
> >
> vim -g
> E25: GUI cannot be used: Not enabled at compile time
This is probably the version of vim installed with the OS. To
confirm:
$ which vim
$ vim --version
If I am right, the first will tell you /usr/bin/vim and the second will
show (among other things) that it is vim 6.2 (Normal version without
GUI).
There are several ways to start Vim.app from the command line. See
http://macvim.org/OSX/index.php#FAQ
I suggest using the gvim shell script (included with the binaries from
macvim.org or separately as http://macvim.org/OSX/files/gvim ) . If you
do not already have a personal bin/ directory, then do something like
this:
$ mkdir ~/bin
$ cd ~/bin
$ curl -O http://macvim.org/OSX/files/gvim
$ ln gvim vim
$ ./vim ~/.bashrc
and add a line or two to your .bashrc file (assuming you use bash)
something like this:
# Add my own stuff to the path:
export PATH=~/bin:$PATH
If you keep Vim.app somewhere unusual, see the comments in the shell
script. (The $ curl line is one way to get the gvim shell script from
macvim.org ; if you already have a local copy, you can use that.)
HTH --Benji Fisher
