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diff --git a/READMEdir/README_mac.txt b/READMEdir/README_mac.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..22671c2 --- /dev/null +++ b/READMEdir/README_mac.txt @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +README_mac.txt for version 8.2 of Vim: Vi IMproved. + +This file explains the installation of Vim on Macintosh systems. +See "README.txt" for general information about Vim. + + +To build from sources, like on Unix + +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. + +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 + +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". + + +If you can't manage to make this work, there is a fallback using Homebrew: + +1. Install Homebrew from http://brew.sh/ +2. Install latest Vim with: brew install vim |