> OTOH, with only Bram's official sources and not the additional MacVim modules, it is possible to compile a gvim which will run on a Mac, but only in the X11 GUI. When someone says "Try using gvim rather than Console Vim" he usually means "the Vim GUI rather than Vim running in a terminal", and in that sense, "gvim" includes MacVim. One might say that MacVim is a "gvim flavour" for the MacOSX Cocoa GUI. > It is in part a question of point of view.
#Vim or macvim mac
On the Mac, as I said before, MacVim can be regarded as a "gvim for Cocoa" and when helpfiles or list posts targeting any OS and not specifically the Mac talk of gvim, MacVim is usually included. On Windows, gvim and Console Vim must be different executables, but on Linux it is possible to compile a single "GUI-enabled" executable which will run as a GUI when invoked as gvim, and in a terminal when invoked as vim. Oh, and about your first question, Gvim is not "only for Windows". This is what is meant by "without GUI" in "Normal version without GUI" near the top. What you see in your terminal is a console-only Vim, which is neither MacVim nor gvim for X11, and can only run within a terminal. This is for instance what is meant if someone says "On the Mac, you will probably use MacVim in preference to gvim" (i.e. OTOH, with only Bram's official sources and not the additional MacVim modules, it is possible to compile a gvim which will run on a Mac, but only in the X11 GUI. It is in part a question of point of view. Linking: gcc -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -o vim -lncurses D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=0 -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup -X11 -xfontset -xim -xsmpĬompilation: gcc -c -I. toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo +tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title +smartindent -sniff +startuptime +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary python3 +quickfix +reltime -rightleft +ruby/dyn +scrollbind +signs
+path_extra -perl +persistent_undo +postscript +printer -profile +python/dyn +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme +netbeans_intg -osfiletype mouse_dec -mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm -mouse_netterm -mouse_sysmouse +listcmds +localmap -lua +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape +insert_expand +jumplist -keymap -langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +find_in_path +float +folding -footer +fork() -gettext -hangul_input +iconv dnd -ebcdic -emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search -farsi +file_in_path conceal +cryptv +cscope +cursorbind +cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse +builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled 16:06:49)Ĭompiled by version without GUI.
#Vim or macvim install
If yes, how can I add GUI, or shall I install MacVim from scratch? It, because I don't recall installing it myself), and if I understoodĬorrectly it doesn't have GUI features.
(3) I have checked my version of Vim installed on myĬomputer (I wonder if it came with El Capitan, looks like (1) is it correct that Gvim is used only for Windows, and
#Vim or macvim download
There in Download tab, I deduced the Gvim is used only for Visiting vim.org and trying to decipher information published Recently I have been advised to start using Gvim, but upon I am new to Vim (and only learning programming), and will be grateful