Introduction
Vim Macro
Vim which stands for vi improved is a text editor and an improved version of vi editor that is designed to run on CLI (Command Line Interface) as well as GUI (Graphical user interface) .
It was developed by Bram Moolenaar in 1991. It is a free and open source software which was released under the license which includes some charityware clauses.
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.).
In this tutorial, we will learn the steps involved in the installation of Vim on MacOS.
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Prerequisites
- MacOS
- Login as an administrator on terminal.
Installation
- If you can’t paste, it’s probably because Vim was not built with the system clipboard option. To check, run vim -version and see if +clipboard exists. If it says -clipboard, you will not be able to copy from outside of Vim. For Mac users, homebrew install Vim with the clipboard option. Install homebrew and then run brew install vim.
- How to Install Vim on MacOS Introduction. Vim which stands for vi improved is a text editor and an improved version of vi editor that is designed to run on CLI (Command Line Interface) as well as GUI (Graphical user interface).
The following steps are used to install Vim on MacOS.
1) Download the latest version
![Mac Mac](https://reasonable-code.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/vim_color_ok.png)
To install Vim editor on MacOS, we have to download its latest version by visiting the official website I.e. https://vim.sourceforge.io/download.php
2) Mount the disk image file
Vim Machine
The downloaded file stored in Downloads folder (in my case) is a disk image file which needs to be mounted to the Volumes directory. mounting needs a simple command as follows. Hdd regenerator 2011 key.
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3) Copy the application file to Applications
The file is mounted as Vim.app which is an executable application file stored inside the Volumes directory. This file needs to be copied to the Application directory where the Applications are installed. This will be done via a simple command given below.
4) Unmount the file
We have done with installing vim on our MacOS. The next step which needs to be done is unmounting the file. This will be done by using unmount option with hdiutil command.
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5) Working with Vim
Once we install Vim on our MacOS, we can use it for programming in any of the languages or for editing of any of the documents. To get started with the Vim, we either type simply vim on command line or we can open it via GUI by double clicking the vim icon shown in the Applications. Vim opens in the terminal which is shown in the image.
Vim Macrophage
Well, we have successfully installed and get started with the VIM editor on MacOS.