From d07969093a9b3051511c478d71c36de6fc33c0d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bram Moolenaar Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 20:02:31 +0200 Subject: Updated runtime files. --- READMEdir/README_mac.txt | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'READMEdir') diff --git a/READMEdir/README_mac.txt b/READMEdir/README_mac.txt index 82279ae891..cdef1a26bb 100644 --- a/READMEdir/README_mac.txt +++ b/READMEdir/README_mac.txt @@ -4,5 +4,25 @@ This file explains the installation of Vim on Macintosh systems. See "README.txt" for general information about Vim. -Sorry, this text still needs to be written! +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: + +1. Install Homebrew from http://brew.sh/ +2. Install latest Vim with: brew install vim -- cgit v1.2.3