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 unzipped it, but could not find a > package file (*.pkg) within that file. (Normally, for my other mac apps, I > have been double clicking a pkg file and then dragging the program icon into > the application folder.) > > Then I tried down loading and untarring the .tar file. No .pkg file in that > build either. > > Then on one of the forums I read that I can just place the macvim.app file in > the path and update my path with this new file, and then I could be good to > go, but I can't find the macvim.app file either. > > Can someone please provide the exact location within the build where the pkg > file lives? > Or please provide more detailed instructions on how to install? > > Thanks, > n00b - Yvonne
Maybe your download was corrupted. Go here: <https://github.com/alexlovelltroy/macvim/downloads> Download: MacVim-snapshot-64-SL.tbz Once xpanded it should contain: mvim MacVim README.txt Copy MacVim to your Applications folder. It works great here, 10.6.8 Bill -- 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
