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diff --git a/READMEdir/README_mac.txt b/READMEdir/README_mac.txt index 22671c22b..4edd55cd3 100644 --- a/READMEdir/README_mac.txt +++ b/READMEdir/README_mac.txt @@ -1,28 +1,12 @@ README_mac.txt for version 8.2 of Vim: Vi IMproved. -This file explains the installation of Vim on Macintosh systems. +This file explains the installation of Vim on MacOS systems. See "README.txt" for general information about Vim. +To build from source get the files with git from https://github.com/vim/vim. +The find the instructions in src/INSTALLmac.txt. -To build from sources, like on Unix - -1. Get the build tools: "clang" and "make". These can be installed with the - "CommandLineTools" package. If you don't have one, do - xcode-select --install - Just like for any software development with OS X. - -2. Get the source code. Best is to use git (which you need to install first), - see http://www.vim.org/git.php - Or you can download and unpack the Unix tar archive, see - http://www.vim.org/download.php - -3. Go to the top directory of the source tree, do - make - sudo make install - A newly built vim will be installed under "/usr/local". - - -If you can't manage to make this work, there is a fallback using Homebrew: - +Installing Vim using Homebrew: 1. Install Homebrew from http://brew.sh/ -2. Install latest Vim with: brew install vim +2. Install the latest Vim with: + brew install vim |