Set macvim as default application after homebrew installation

Solution 1:

I had the same issue. I moved MacVim.app to /Applications and then symlinked it into the Homebrew cellar directory.

mv /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.3-65/MacVim.app /Applications/  
ln -s /Applications/MacVim.app /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.3-65/

Solution 2:

Correction: This is no longer the case, see https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/8699

Note that brew linkapps puts links in ~/Applications, not /Applications. I had to follow the symlink (select your home directory from Favorites, select the Applications icon in the main pane, and click Open), then pull down the path list-box near the top of the dialog box (or hit Command+Up) to go one level back up the physical path. Then you can see the icon for the actual .app folder.

Solution 3:

You can set the default app from Finder.

1. Select the file (e.g. foo.rb) and then choose 'Get Info' (command I, or File | Get Info).
2. Open the 'Open with' section.
3. Select your default app and then press 'Change All...'.

Solution 4:

Try running brew linkapps. That's how you're supposed to do it, but it never works for me; if the same is true for you, do ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.3-64/MacVim.app /Applications (substituting the actual location of the app, if it differs on your system).

Homebrew should have told you that when you installed MacVim.