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diff READMEdir/README_mac.txt @ 10211:b7da8d4c594c
commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d07969093a9b3051511c478d71c36de6fc33c0d6
Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date: Fri Sep 16 20:02:31 2016 +0200
Updated runtime files.
| author | Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> |
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| date | Fri, 16 Sep 2016 20:15:05 +0200 |
| parents | 9f48eab77d62 |
| children | 1174611ad715 |
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--- a/READMEdir/README_mac.txt +++ b/READMEdir/README_mac.txt @@ -4,5 +4,25 @@ This file explains the installation of V See "README.txt" for general information about Vim. -Sorry, this text still needs to be written! +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