How do I install MacVim?
Here is the procedure I recommend, for those who are comfortable with the command-line and with Homebrew:
Install Homebrew.
Run the following on the command line (in Terminal):
brew install macvim --with-override-system-vim
brew linkapps
Edit your shell startup files to ensure that /usr/local/bin
comes first in your $PATH
.
If you use vim as $VISUAL
or $EDITOR
, add `export VISUAL='mvim -f' to your environment (details).
Check that you installed everything correctly by running
brew doctor
Now, you can run the graphical MacVim on a file by running mvim foo.txt
from the command-line. Or, you can run the text-based editor by running vim foo.txt
. Also, if other programs (e.g., git) fork off a separate editor, they'll run the graphical MacVim.
See also How to run mvim (MacVim) from Terminal? and Set macvim as default application after homebrew installation.
MacVim maintainer here.
It's an old question, but it deserves another answer for completeness: the new MacVim repo is located at github.com/macvim-dev/macvim, you can check the releases page there to download the most recent snapshot (old ones too). They're always compiled against the last version of OS X (I mean, I don't recompile the old snapshots to newer OS, but the current snapshot is always compiled against the current OS). Of course, you can also download the source and compile yourself or use homebrew as the accepted answer states.
It's pretty straightforward, just download the latest snapshot from GitHub and follow the instructions in the readme.txt