* Scott Stevenson on Friday, January 28, 2011 at 09:35:02 +0000 > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:15:41AM +0000, [email protected] wrote: >>> Jason, that is good news. I hope it is not too OTL if I ask: >>> how about MC with console vim and the default editor and viewer? >>> And I bet you use vim with mutt? >> >> I have a Mac on which i use Mutt quite successfully, and vim. >> In fact vim comes pre-installed with Mac OS X. It's UNIX so y >> ou shouldn't have problems with any UNIX based applications on >> a Mac. If you're looking for software to install on your mac , >> check out Macports. You can easily compile source and install >> that way but Macports will save a lot of time and sometimes >> headeaches :-) > > The OP might want to look at homebrew [1] as an alternative to MacPorts. > Everything is installed to its own prefix and then symlinked to > /usr/local/bin (by default, you can install to ~/bin or wherever if > you prefer), and homebrew makes use of system libraries where possible > rather than compiling its own. The homebrew directory is a git repo too > which makes updates and managing personalisations a piece of cake. > > [1] http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/
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