Upgrade Vim Mac



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These installation guides will help you get Vim up and running on Mac OS X, Linux and Windows. Upgrading Vim on OS X explains why to upgrade from Vim 7.2 to 7.3+ and how to do it using Homebrew. The easiest way to install Vim on Windows 7+ is to download and run the gvim74.exe file. I'm using brew vim which is currently at version 8.0.1850 but 8.1 has just been released and I'm wondering if there is a way to upgrade to it yet? I've done some digging and can't see an option to.

Run brew link macvim You now have the latest versions of vim and macvim managed by brew. Run brew update && brew upgrade every once in a while to upgrade them. This includes the installation of the CLI mvim and the mac application (which both point to the same thing). I like to update my Vim configuration every 2-5 years just to make sure I am working with the latest and greatest version of Vim and that I’m doing things efficiently. Check out my full Vim Tutorial. The last few upgrades I’ve been focused on one thing: simplicity. In my previous cycle that meant moving from Vim 7.x to Vim 8, which included. MacVim is a port of the text editor Vim to Mac OS X that is meant to look better and integrate more seamlessly with the Mac than the older Carbon port of Vim. MacVim supports multiple windows with tabbed editing and a host of other features such as: bindings to standard OS X keyboard shortcuts (⌘-Z, ⌘-V, ⌘-A, ⌘-G, etc.).

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SpaceVim is a distribution of the Vim editor that’s inspired by spacemacs.It manages collections of plugins in layers, which help collecting relatedpackages together to provide features. This approach helps keepingconfiguration organized and reduces overhead for the user by keeping themfrom having to think about what packages to install.

If you like SpaceVim, please feel free to star the project on github. It is a great way to show yourappreciation while providing us motivation to continue working on this project.

  • Quick start guide: installation, configuration, and resources of learning SpaceVim
  • Documentation: the primary official document of SpaceVim
  • Available layers: a list of available layers which can be used in SpaceVim

The last release is v1.6.0, check out following-HEAD page for what happened since last release.

New features

    Manage project alternate files
    28 Jan 2020

    Manage the alternate file of current project within SpaceVim.


    Grep on the fly in SpaceVim
    23 Jan 2018

    Grep and replace asynchronously, display searching results on the fly based on user input


    Help description for key bindings
    06 Nov 2017

    Key bindings are defined with help description, this feature is for getting Help description and jump to the position where the key bindings is defined.


    Asynchronous plugin manager
    11 Aug 2017

    Use dein as default plugin manager, Provides a UI for dein, Install and update plugin asynchronously, Show process status on the fly


    Mnemonic key bindings navigation
    25 May 2017

    Key bindings are organized using mnemonic prefixes like b for buffer, p for project, s for search, h for help, etc…


More posts are available on the blog of SpaceVim.

Follow our twitter: @SpaceVim

Participating

Discuss the project at gitter.im/SpaceVim or /r/SpaceVim

Contribute code, report bugs and request features at GitHub.

FAQ

  • What is the project status?

    The current stable version is v1.6.0, See the milestones pagefor development progress and the Roadmap for high-level plans.

  • Is SpaceVim trying to turn Vim/Neovim into an IDE?

    With layers feature, this version of Vim distribution try to turn Vim/Neovim into an IDE for many languages.

  • How many programming languages does SpaceVim support?

  • Which version of Vim/Neovim is needed?

    SpaceVim has been tested in travis-ci andappveyor with followingversions of neovim and vim:

    1. vim: 7.4.052, 7.4.629, 7.4.1689,8.0.0027,8.0.1453, 8.1.2269
    2. neovim: 0.3.0, 0.3.1, 0.3.2, 0.3.3, 0.3.4, 0.3.5, 0.3.7, 0.3.8, 0.4.2, 0.4.3

For more general questions, please read SpaceVim FAQ.

Vim is available for many different systems and there are several versions.This page will help you decide what to download.Most popular:
MS-Windows:Click this link to download the self-installing executable(using ftp).
Signed MS-Windows files are available on thevim-win32-installer site(gvim_8.2.0012_x86_signed.exe is recommended)
Unix:See the GitHub page, or Mercurial, if you prefer that.There is also anAppimagewhich is build daily and runs on many Linux systems.
Mac:See the MacVim project for a GUI version and Homebrew for a terminal version

Details and options for:

MirrorsAlternative sites to download Vim files from.
SourcesBuild Vim yourself and/or make changes.
GitHubObtain Vim sources with a git client (recommended).
MercurialObtain Vim sources with a Mercurial client(recommended if you don't like git).
PatchesInclude the latest improvements (requires sources and rebuilding).
RuntimeGet the latest syntax files, documentation, etc..
Script linksLinks to individual syntax, indent, color, compiler and ftplugin scripts.
TranslationsNon-English documentation packages.

Versions before 7.3 can also be obtained withSubversionandCVS.Vim 8.2 is the latest stable version. It is highly recommended, many bugs have been fixed since previous versions.If you have a problem with it (e.g.,when it's too big for your system), you could try version 6.4 or 5.8 instead.

To avoid having to update this page for every new version, there arelinks to the directories. From there select the files you want to download.In the file names ## stands for the version number. For example,vim##src.zipwith version 8.2 is vim82src.zip andvim-##-src.tar.gz for version 8.2is vim-8.2-src.tar.gz.Links are provided for quick access to the latest version.
Note that the links point to the latest version (currently 8.2) to avoidthat caching causes you to get an older version.

The best way to install Vim on Unix is to use the sources. This requires acompiler and its support files. Compiling Vim isn't difficult at all.You can simply type 'make install' when you are happy with the defaultfeatures. Edit the Makefile in the 'src' directory to select specificfeatures.

You need to download at the sources and the runtime files.And apply all the latest patches.For Vim 6 up to 7.2 you can optionally get the 'lang' archive, which adds translated messages and menus. For 7.3 and later this is included with the runtime files.

Using git
This is the simplest and most efficient way to obtain the latest version, including all patches. This requires the 'git' command.
The explanations are on the GitHub page.

Summary:

Using Mercurial
This is another simple and most efficient way to obtain the latest version, including all patches. This requires the 'hg' command.Download
The explanations are on this page:Mercurial

Summary:

version 7.x and 8.x
There is one big file to download that contains almost everything.It is found inthe unix directory(ftp):
The runtime and source files together:vim-##.tar.bz2vim-8.2.tar.bz2 (ftp)
The files ending in '.tar.gz' are tar archives that are compressed with gzip.Unpack them with tar -xzf filename.
The single big file ending in '.tar.bz2' is a tar archive compressed withbzip2. Uncompress and unpack it withbunzip2 -c filename | tar -xf -.
All archives should be unpacked in the same directory.

If you can't compile yourself or don't want to, look at the site of thesupplier of your Unix version for a packaged Vim executable. For Linuxdistributions and FreeBSD these are often available shortly after a new Vimversion has been released. But you can't change the features then.

  • Debian packages are available at:http://packages.debian.org/vim.
  • Sun Solaris Vim is included in the Companion Software:http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/freeware/.
    Vim for other Sun systems can be found athttp://sunfreeware.com/.
  • HPUX with GTK GUI for various HPUX versions:http://hpux.its.tudelft.nl/hppd/hpux/Editors/vim-6.2/ orhttp://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Editors/vim-6.2/ (note that the remark about the GNU GPL is wrong)
For modern MS-Windows systems (starting with XP) you can simply use the executable installer:
gvim82.exe (ftp)
It includes GUI and console versions, for 32 bit and 64 bit systems.You can select what you want to install and includes an uninstaller.

If you want a signed version you can get a build from
vim-win32-installer
It supports many interfaces, such as Perl, Tcl, Lua, Python and Ruby.There are also 64bit versions which only run on 64 bit MS-Windows and use alot more memory, but is compatible with 64 bit plugins.
You can also get a nightly build from there with the most recent improvements,with a small risk that something is broken.

Since there are so many different versions of MS operating systems, there areseveral versions of Vim for them.
For Vim 5.x, Vim 6.x and Vim 7 look inthe pc directory (ftp).

Self-installing executable gvim##.exe gvim82.exe (ftp)
For Vim 6 and later. This includes a GUI versionof Vim - with many features and OLE support - and all the runtime files.It works well on MS-Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7.Use this if you have enough disk space and memory. It's the simplest way tostart using Vim on the PC. The installer allows you to skip the parts youdon't want.
For Vim 6.3 and later it also includes a console version, both for MS-Windows 95/98/ME and MS-Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7. The installer automatically selects the right one.
Runtime files vim##rt.zip vim82rt.zip (ftp)
For all the following binary versions you need this runtime archive, whichincludes the documentation, syntax files, etc. Always get this, unless youuse the self-installing executable.

Vim Download Windows

There are three versions that run as an MS-Windows application. These providemenus, scrollbars and a toolbar.

GUI executable gvim##.zip gvim82.zip (ftp)
This is the 'normal' GUI version.
OLE GUI executable gvim##ole.zip gvim82ole.zip (ftp)
A GUI version with OLE support. This offers a few extra features,such as integration with Visual Developer Studio. But it uses quite a bitmore memory.
There are three versions that run on MS-DOS or in a console window inMS-Windows:
Win32 console executable vim##w32.zip vim82w32.zip (ftp)
The Win32 console version works well on MS-Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7. It supports long file names and is compiled with 'big' features. It does not runperfectly well on MS-Windows 95/98/ME, especially when resizing the consolewindow (this may crash MS-Windows...).
32 bit DOS executable vim##d32.zip vim73_46d32.zip (ftp)
The 32 bit DOS version works well on MS-Windows 95/98/ME. It requires a DPMImanager, which needs to be installed on MS-DOS. MS-Windows already has one.It supports long file names, but NOT on MS-Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7. It is compiled with 'big' features.
Not available for 7.4 and later.
16 bit DOS executable vim##d16.zip vim71d16.zip (ftp)
The 16 bit DOS version is the only one that runs on old MS-DOS systems. Onlyuse this if you are really desparate, because it excludes many useful features(such as syntax highlighting and long file names) and quickly runs out ofmemory.
The last version available is 7.1. Version 7.2 and later are too big to fit in the DOS memory model.
There are a few extra files:
iconv librarylibiconv
A library used for converting character sets.Put 'iconv.dll' in the same directory as gvim.exe to be able to edit files inmany encodings. You can find the dll file in the bin directory of the'libiconv-win32' archive.
newer intl librarylibintl
The included libintl.dll does not support encoding conversion.If you have installed the iconv library, as mentioned above, you can install agettext library that uses it.Get 'intl.dll' from the bin directory in the gettext-win32 archive and store itas 'libintl.dll' in the same directory as gvim.exe, overwriting the filethat may already be there.
PC sources vim##src.zip vim82src.zip (ftp)
The source files, packed for the PC. This only includes the files needed onthe PC, not for other systems. The files are in dos format CR-LF.
PC debug files gvim##.pdb gvim82.pdb (ftp) gvim##ole.pdb gvim82ole.pdb (ftp) vim##w32.pdb vim80w32.pdb (ftp)
When you notice a bug or a crash in Vim these files can be used to help tracing down the problem. In Vim 7 do ':help debug-win32' to see how.
PC translations vim##lang.zip vim72lang.zip (ftp)
Only for 7.2 and earlier, for 7.3 and later these are included in the 'rt' archive.Translated messages and menu files, packed for the PC. Use this to seenon-English menus. The messages are only translated when the libintl.dlllibrary is installed.
Windows 3.1 GUI executable gvim##w16.zip and gvim##m16.zip
These are GUI versions for 16 bit windows (Windows 3.1). The 'w16' has manyfeatures, 'm16' has few features (for when you're short on memory).
The files ending in '.zip' can be unpacked with any unzip program.Make sure you unpack them all in the same directory!

Alternate distributions

Yongwei's build
You may also try Yongwei's build,executables with slightly different interfaces supported.
Cream
For an unofficial version that used to include all the latest patches andoptionally a bitmore: Cream.The 'one-click installer' mentioned includes the Cream changes.For the 'real Vim' use the 'without Cream' version listed further down.
Unfortunately, it stopped updating since Vim 8.0.
Cygwin
For a Cygwin binary look at others.
Quite a long time ago, Vim development started on the Amiga. Although it's areally old system now, it might still work. However, this has not been tested recently.You may have to use an older version for which Amiga binaries are available.

For Vim 5.x and Vim 6 look inthe amiga directory (ftp).
Vim 7 files can be found atos4depot.net. This is for AmigaOS 4. Made by Peter Bengtsson.

Runtime files vim##rt.tgz vim64rt.tgz (ftp)
Documentation, syntax files, etc. You always need this.
Executable vim##bin.tgz vim64bin.tgz (ftp)
The executables for Vim and Xxd.For Vim 6 it includes 'big' features, for Vim 5.x itincludes the normal features.For Vim 6.2 it is not available (my Amiga had harddisk problems then, this miraculously healed later).
Big executable vim##big.tgz
Vim with 'big' features and Xxd. Only for Vim 5.x.
Sources vim##src.tgz vim64src.tgz (ftp)
The source files for the Amiga.Only needed when you want to compile Vim yourself.
The files are all tar archives, compressed with gzip. To unpack, firstuncompress them with gzip -d filename. Then unpack withtar xf filename. You need to unpack the archives in the samedirectory.The OS/2 version runs in a console window.

For Vim 5.x and Vim 6 look inthe os2 directory (ftp).Version 6.2 is not available.Versions 6.3 and 6.4 were compiled by David Sanders.
Version 7.0 was compiled by David Sanders.

Runtime files vim##rt.zip vim70rt.zip (ftp)
Documentation, syntax files, etc. You always need this.
Executables vim##os2.zip vim70os2.zip (ftp)
Vim, Xxd, Tee and EMX libraries.
The files ending in '.zip' can be unpacked with any unzip program.Make sure you both zip archives in the same directory!

If you want to compile the OS/2 version, you need the EMX compiler. Use theUnix source archive, runtime files and the extra archive. After unpacking theruntime archive, move all the files and directories in the 'runtime'directory one level up.

The terminal version of Vim is included as 'vi', you already have it. It'slagging behind a bit though and has limited features, thus you may want toadditionally install a recent version or one with more features.

MacVim

There most popular version is MacVim. This is being actively developed. Thisbehaves like a Mac application, using a GUI.

MacVim has more a Mac look and feel, is developed actively and most peopleprefer this version. Most of MacVim was made by Björn Winckler.

Gvim For Mac Os X

MacVim can be downloaded here: https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim

New versions are made quite often.Subscribe to thevim-mac maillistto be informed about bugs and updates.

Homebrew

This is a terminal version installed with the 'brew' command.It is updated frequently.It can be downloaded here: formulae.brew.sh/formula/vim.

Older

Older binaries for Mac OS/X can be found on thisSourceForge project.Maintained by Nicholas Stallard.

Here is a multi-byte version of Vim 5.7 (for Japanese, possibly also forKorean and Chinese; not for Unicode):
http://www-imai.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~asai/macvim-e.html

Background

Most of the work forthe Macintosh port (Classic and Carbon) was done by Dany St-Amant.

If you have OSX and a setup for compiling programs, you can use the source codeand compile yourself. See the Unix section above. The development tools can bedownloaded from Apple's developer web site.

Turn to the vim-mac maillist to meet otherVim-Mac users.

Upgrade Vim Mac Os

This is a list of links to sites where various versions of Vim can be obtained.These are supported by individuals, use at your own risk.

Mac Vim Setup

Android Search for 'Vim Touch' by Momodalo in the Play Store.
i/OS Run Vim on your iPhone or Ipad.
QNX (ftp) Provided by Yakov Zaytsev. Requires QNX 6.3.0/6.3.2 with service pack 2.
Agenda http://pi7.fernuni-hagen.de/hartrumpf/agenda/vim/vim.vr3
Cygwin (with GTK GUI) http://lassauge.free.fr/cygwin/
Open VMS http://www.polarhome.com/vim/
MorphOS http://www.akcaagac.com/index_vim.html

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