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 mvim is to

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. Do

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 to GUI

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 console Vim to GUI

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 it documented in

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

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

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

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:

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)

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 darcypar...@gmail.com wrote: I find it easier to use brew. 1) Install brew.

Re: instructions for installing macvim

2012-03-20 Thread Bee
On Mar 19, 2:35 pm, Yvonne Watkins ehr...@gmail.com 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