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Childish list for people who haven't learned to use the command line. Boot up Mac, install XCode to get gcc/clang etc, and install MacVim, but you don't have t

Childish list for people who haven't learned to use the command line. Boot up Mac, install XCode to get gcc/clang etc, and install MacVim, but you don't have to, vim is there out of the box. Install perhaps additional tools like lynx, pgrep, pfind, ncat, ngrep, nmap, wget, seq (some are included in Lion but I don't use Lion) etc and you got standard UNIX toolchain to build everything, from "hello world" to world's most complex multi-million line applications.

danneu 15y ago
I'm probably going to buy a MBA soon after working with Debian & Openbox on a dated netbook for too long. I spend most of my time in side-by-side Vim/shell/ssh sessions inside tmux within the Guake terminal. If MacVim is a standalone app, why do people use it? Isn't one of the nicest things about Vim that it lives in the terminal and can be launched from any root in the terminal?
- super_mario 15y ago
  The only good reason to use MacVim is support for millions of colors so color schemes look nicer. It also supports full screen mode (now in Lion Terminal does too, but before this used to be a missing feature), also it's easier to launch MacVim as external editing tool for other apps like Firefox with Pentadactyl extension (this allows you to edit any text box/area with vim). Other than that, you really don't need MacVim, unless you are very anal about colors :D.
  - danneu 15y ago
    Cool. I'm a huge Pentadactyl fan, and that point (launchability) makes a lot of sense. Thanks.
  - stock_toaster 15y ago
    MacVim also uses a native open dialog, as well as Finder right click 'new macvim buffer here', both of which are kind of nice.
  - Lio 15y ago
    Using the GUI version of MacVim does give you a couple of other really important features which no one will be able to do with out.... ...a squiggly redline under your spelling mistakes and easy mapping of the command key for shortcuts. I think you might also be able to do more with fonts (e.g. italics for comments) too. On a more serious note, I tend to use both MacVim and iTerm 2 in maximised windows (not full screen as such) on separate monitors. E.g. iTerm2 on the laptop, MacVim external. I could run MacVim in a terminal but I don't get anything from it either. Of course working remotely is a different matter.

danneu 15y ago

I'm probably going to buy a MBA soon after working with Debian & Openbox on a dated netbook for too long. I spend most of my time in side-by-side Vim/shell/ssh sessions inside tmux within the Guake terminal. If MacVim is a standalone app, why do people use it? Isn't one of the nicest things about Vim that it lives in the terminal and can be launched from any root in the terminal?

super_mario 15y ago
The only good reason to use MacVim is support for millions of colors so color schemes look nicer. It also supports full screen mode (now in Lion Terminal does too, but before this used to be a missing feature), also it's easier to launch MacVim as external editing tool for other apps like Firefox with Pentadactyl extension (this allows you to edit any text box/area with vim). Other than that, you really don't need MacVim, unless you are very anal about colors :D.
- danneu 15y ago
  Cool. I'm a huge Pentadactyl fan, and that point (launchability) makes a lot of sense. Thanks.
- stock_toaster 15y ago
  MacVim also uses a native open dialog, as well as Finder right click 'new macvim buffer here', both of which are kind of nice.
- Lio 15y ago
  Using the GUI version of MacVim does give you a couple of other really important features which no one will be able to do with out.... ...a squiggly redline under your spelling mistakes and easy mapping of the command key for shortcuts. I think you might also be able to do more with fonts (e.g. italics for comments) too. On a more serious note, I tend to use both MacVim and iTerm 2 in maximised windows (not full screen as such) on separate monitors. E.g. iTerm2 on the laptop, MacVim external. I could run MacVim in a terminal but I don't get anything from it either. Of course working remotely is a different matter.