macvim

Vim - the text editor - for Mac OS X

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Vim - the text editor - for Mac OS X

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ConstantineXVI·Sep 3, 2012

The vim that ships with 10.8 (and IIRC 10.7, maybe 10.6) has ruby and python linked out of the box, and straight-up ./configure --enable-rubyinterp && make works just fine on my machine. Or if yours isn't for whatever reason, you could cheat and grab MacVim[0] then symlink `/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim` to `/usr/local/bin/vim` (editing paths as necessary) [0] https://github.com/b4winckler/macvim

In Plugins you should put in your vimrc

unwind·Aug 31, 2012

Not sure if this really is interesting, seems very niche. However, I got curious and dug up the commit: https://github.com/b4winckler/macvim/commit/ce5b7a2d6d8b69d2....

In Fixing the MacVim Cursor Bug on MBP Retina

johncoltrane·Jun 18, 2012

* Adium is great. * Growl works very well but the whole notification business (emails + builds + IM + song details…) can be counter productive. Use it lightly. * iTerm2 is the most modern terminal emulator you'll find on Mac OS X. I use it only because I wanted 256 colors and I'm not on Lion. I've never used its more advanced features. * I don't know Notepad++ but I would say Sublime Text 2 (http://www.sublimetext.com/blog/articles/sublime-text-2-beta) and TextMate (http://macromates.com/) may do. You could also try a full blown IDE like Aptana (http://aptana.com/) or RubyMine (http://www.jetbrains.com/ruby/). If you already know Vim, MacVim (https://github.com/b4winckler/macvim) is the way to go for both the GUI and the CLI. * Apple's own Mail.app works well. I've never felt the need to use another app. Microsoft's Outlook is pretty good

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, too. * VLC is the obvious choice on Mac OS X too. You might want to install Perian (http://perian.org/) to add support for many exotic formats to Quicktime. For audio, Cog (http://cogx.org/) is nice. * You don't need a CSS editor. Just use your code editor. --- You might be interested in a few other apps: * ClipMenu (multiple clipboards) http://www.clipmenu.com/ * Burn (disc burning) http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html * Charles (http debugging) http://www.charlesproxy.com/ * DejaMenu (access the menubar from a contextual menu) http://homepage.mac.com/khsu/DejaMenu/DejaMenu.html * HTTP Client (http debugging) http://ditchnet.org/httpclient/ * Notational Velocity (the most elegant AND efficient note taking app ever) http://notational.net/ * Quicksilver (Quicksilver) http://qsapp.com/ * ShiftIt (window positioning) https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt * The unarchiver (opens exotic archive formats) http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html * Yummy FTP (the best FTP client on Mac OS X) http://www.yummysoftware.com/ * VirtualBox (virtual machines) https://www.virtualbox.org/ * SourceTree (Git/Mercurial GUI) http://www.sourcetreeapp.com/

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