| README_mac.txt for version 8.0 of Vim: Vi IMproved. |
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| This file explains the installation of Vim on Macintosh systems. |
| See "README.txt" for general information about Vim. |
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| To build from sources, like on Unix |
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| 1. Get the build tools: "clang" and "make". These can be installed with the |
| "CommandLineTools" package. If you don't have one, do |
| xcode-select --install |
| Just like for any software development with OS X. |
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| 2. Get the source code. Best is to use git (which you need to install first), |
| see http://www.vim.org/git.php |
| Or you can download and unpack the Unix tar archive, see |
| http://www.vim.org/download.php |
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| 3. Go to the top directory of the source tree, do |
| make |
| sudo make install |
| A newly built vim will be installed under "/usr/local". |
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| If you can't manage to make this work, there is a fallback using Homebrew: |
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| 1. Install Homebrew from http://brew.sh/ |
| 2. Install latest Vim with: brew install vim |
