MacVim for Mac
Port of the text editor Vim.
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MacVim overview
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.),
- Transparent backgrounds,
- Full-screen mode,
- Multibyte editing with OS X input methods and automatic font substitution,
- ODB editor support,
- And more...
Most importantly, MacVim brings you the full power of Vim 7.2 to Mac OS X.
What’s new in version 9.1.727
- Fixed dragging tabs to reorder them resulting in a crash. #1499
- Sparkle (updater for MacVim) is now updated to 2.6.4. For legacy builds it's now updated to 1.27.3. #1494
- When resizing MacVim, the title bar's message looks a little nicer now. #1488 by @sfsam
- Copyright disclaimer in About MacVim no longer shows a year. #1497
Full list of changes available here
MacVim for Mac
Free
In English
Version 9.1.727
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Nov 30 2020
Version: 8.2.1719
Just installed it on macOS Big Sur Version 11.0.1 and still works like a charm!
Maybe anyone would need this little information. I've tried to install it before I installed the XCode and got these error messages:
xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance
make[1]: *** [macvim] Error 1
make: *** [first] Error 2
I then tried to reinstall the macVim (from the command line again -- via brew) once I finished installing the XCode and everything went smoothly and I'm super happy now.
Aug 13 2020
Version: 8.2.1424
Release 8.2.1424 won't run on 10.13.6. It won't open an edit window but the GUI does run. If I try it from the command line, I get:
$ mvim
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/gettext/lib/libintl.8.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim
Reason: Incompatible library version: Vim requires version 11.0.0 or later, but libintl.8.dylib provides version 10.0.0
Abort trap: 6
Logged issue in their github account:
https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/issues/1073
Mar 13 2020
Version: 8.2.319
I am delighted to have tripped across. I used “vi” for years when I worked for Sun Microsystems and SGI. It’s like having found a long lost friend
Jun 14 2019
Version: 8.1.1517
A security flaw has been found in the source version of Vim. Be sure you keep MacVim up-to-date with the latest version. Details are provided in the report linked below:
"If you haven’t patched Vim or NeoVim text editors, you really, really should
Sandbox escape in the ancient text editors lets attackers get a reverse shell."
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/06/if-you-havent-patched-vim-or-neovim-text-editors-you-really-really-should/
Jul 7 2018
Version: 8.0
Seems to now be hosted here: https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim
But binary also downloadable here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/macosxvim
But binary also downloadable here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/macosxvim
