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1INSTALLmac.txt - Installation of Vim on Macintosh
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3This file contains instructions for compiling Vim. If you already have an
4executable version of Vim, you don't need this.
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6First, make sure you've installed Xcode or CommandLineToots.  If not, open a
7terminal and do
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9	$ make --version
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11A window pops up instructing you to install the developer tools.
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15Summary
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181 MacOS X
19 1.1. Carbon interface
20 1.2. X (Athena, GTK, Motif) or plain text.
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22MacOS Classic is no longer supported.  If you really want it use Vim 6.4.
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251 MacOS X
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281.0 Considerations
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30 Only '/' supported as path separator.
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321.1 Carbon interface (default)
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34 You can compile vim with the standard Unix routine:
35   cd .../src
36   make
37   make test
38   sudo make install
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40 "make" will create a working Vim.app application bundle in the src
41 directory.  You can move this bundle (the Vim.app directory) anywhere
42 you want.  Or use "make install" to move it to /Applications.
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44 You need at least Xcode 1.5 to compile Vim 7.0.
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46 Configure will create a universal binary if possible.  This requires
47 installing the universal SDK (currently for 10.4).
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49 To overrule the architecture do this before running make:
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51	./configure --with-mac-arch=intel
52 or
53	./configure --with-mac-arch=ppc
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561.2 X-Windows or Plain Text
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58 If you do not want the Carbon interface, you must explicitly tell
59 configure to use a different GUI.
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61  cd .../src
62  ./configure --disable-darwin --enable-gui=gtk2
63  make; make install
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65 NOTE: The following GUI options are supported:
66	no (for text), motif, athena, nextaw
67	gtk, gtk2, gnome, gnome2,
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69 NOTE: You need to first install XFree86 and XDarwin.
70       Please visit http://www.XDarwin.org
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