#Update vim mac os x install#
To upgrade to 7.4, just use Homebrew again: brew install vim.
#Update vim mac os x how to#
However, this did not work with the Vim version that OS X shipped with (which is 7.3). MacVim Vim - the text editor - for macOS Download MacVim Release Notes (r172) GitHub: MacVim GitHub page Releases: Binary releases and release notes FAQ: Answers to some frequently asked questions Troubleshooting: How to track down the source of common problems Debugging: How to generate a debug log MacVim is maintained by macvim-dev. use aap to download vim, and apply all the patches, like so: vim/vimrc file and simply add this line: set clipboardunnamed.make a folder to build vim in, and "cd" into that folder.I place this in my PATH before the system binary dirs (although be aware that this may cause problems for cmdline tools that rely on the versions of tools shipped with OS X). Once you've installed it, run the /opt/local/bin/vim binary. So, moving forward, I have found a hybrid method that works quite well. You can also use MacPorts to handle the installation for you. Execute the following command as root (this is one long command line):Īfter playing with this, I found out (the hard way) that the suggested method of using aap's "config.arg" file to customize vim (adding, for example, the perl, python, and ruby interpreters and the "huge" featureset) doesn't really work.I will assume that you will use the same. Note, I chose /usr/local/aap/vim as the folder for aap to use.
Go read a book or something while aap compiles Vim for you.
I would use it for a little while, and then I would lose interest because something or another wasn't quite working the way I liked. In my search for the nicest text editor, I have kept returning to Vim.