Thursday, September 1, 2011

Re: Installing on OSX 10.4.7

Three thoughts:

1.  You might try asking on vim_mac to see if anyone there has advice.

2.  Install [XCode 2.5][]. That should include a CLI-only vim binary, as
    well as things like basename, python, perl, etc. (You will need a
    free apple developer account to download.) On OS X, you need to
    install XCode in order to get a full set of standard \*nix tools.

3.  If you want a gui, I would recommend the legacy download of
    [MacVim][] rather than the builds from macvim.org. But I suspect that 
    depends on XCode too.

On the difference between MacVim and macvim.org, from the MacVim 
website:

> MacVim is in no way connected with http://macvim.org. That site 
> is no longer being maintained and only provides outdated binaries of 
> the old Carbon port of Vim.

David

[XCode 2.5]: https://connect.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MemberSite.woa/wa/getSoftware?bundleID=19907
[MacVim]: http://code.google.com/p/macvim/#Legacy_Mac_OS_X_downloads

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