On Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at 7:44:21 AM UTC-6, RPDooling wrote:
> I am a writer, not a programmer, so I don't know how these things are
> handled, but I would not want to be a Mac user curious to find and try the
> latest version of MacVim.
>
> Googling on MacVim still steers mainly to Bjorn's repository with no
> indication (for the unsophisticated anyway) WHERE to download the latest
> version of the program.
>
> Shouldn't there at least be some kind of notice posted there? With a link to
> a place where a new MacVim user could say, "Okay, so where do I download the
> latest version and how do I install it?"
>
> Rick
Hi Rick,
Yes, unfortunately, all the bits of information is scattered. Have you looked
on the Vim Wiki? Let us know what you find there if you look. Here is what I
did:
1. From the Homebrew web site, install Homebrew using their shell command.
Then from Terminal, with "brew" installed, and in your own user account (not
root)...
2. brew install macvim --override-system-vim
3. brew linkapps macvim
4. Add to your /home/username/.profile (or .bashrc) these definitions:
export EDITOR=mvim
export VISUAL="mvim -f"
export FCEDIT=mvim
I learned about the above from these two posts, the first one perhaps having
the most information:
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/59375/how-do-i-install-macvim
https://github.com/Valloric/YouCompleteMe#mac-os-x-super-quick-installation
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