> OTOH, with only Bram's official sources and not the additional MacVim > modules, it is possible to compile a gvim which will run on a Mac, but only > in the X11 GUI. So if you don't need iTerm2's advanced features you can safely use the default terminal emulator. When someone says 'Try using gvim > rather than Console Vim' he usually means 'the Vim GUI rather than Vim > running in a terminal', and in that sense, 'gvim' includes MacVim. I'm still on 10.6.x at work so I'll still use iTerm2 for a while.ĮDIT: An even better way to use MacVim's CLI executable in your shell is to move the mvim script bundled with MacVim somewhere in your $PATH and use this command: $ mvim -vĮDIT: Yes, Terminal.app now supports 256 colors. So… basically my advice is to just use both.ĮDIT: I didn't try it but the latest version of Terminal.app (in 10.7) is supposed to support 256 colors. To have the same vim in MacVim and Terminal.app.Īnother difference is that many great colorschemes out there work out of the box in MacVim but look terrible in the Terminal.app which only supports 8 colors (+ highlights) but you can use iTerm - which can be set up to support 256 colors - instead of Terminal. profile: alias vim='/path/to/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim'
#MACVIM GVIMR INSTALL#
You may install an up-to-date version via MacPorts or you can install MacVim and add an alias to your. Using one or the other is just a question of context for me.Īlso, like El Isra said, the default vim (CLI) in OS X is slightly outdated. Vim doesnt change the TERM when using :shell. Youll get the same problem when running :shell from Gvim on Windows or Linux. Now I use both MacVim and Vim almost exactly the same way. The problem is that MacVim only provides some bare-bones facilities for emulating a terminal, and doesnt support 'advanced' features such as a wide range of common terminal escape characters. I added some of my own, mimiking TextMate but, since I was working in multiple environments I forced my self to learn the vim way. When I switched from TextMate I kind of liked the fact that MacVim supported almost all of the regular shortcuts Mac users are accustomed to. I use both MacVim and Vim depending on the task and the context: if I'm in CLI-land I'll just type vim filename and if I'm in GUI-land I'll just invoke Quicksilver and launch MacVim. If you work mainly with CLI apps (ssh + svn + tcpdump, for example) you may prefer vim in the terminal.Įntering and leaving one realm (CLI) for the other (GUI) and vice-versa can be "expensive". If you work mainly with GUI apps ( YummyFTP + GitX + Charles, for example) you may prefer MacVim.
#MACVIM GVIMR MAC OS#
MacVim is more integrated in the whole OS than Vim in the Terminal or even GVim in Linux, it follows a lot of Mac OS X's conventions. Anything you are used to do in Vim will work exactly the same way in MacVim. We are all human and vim is that cool.MacVim is just Vim. And please those of you who deign to grace us with your vim wisdom - be kind. Vim Awesome: list of popular vim plugins.ĭon't be afraid to ask questions, this sub is here for the vim community.
#MACVIM GVIMR HOW TO#
#vim on freenode: 1000+ person reasonably active IRC channel.
#MACVIM GVIMR MANUAL#
Vim user manual (PDF): 341 pages (extracted from full help linked below).
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