Prerequisites:
- Developer Tools
- Over 64MB free disk space
- A high-bandwidth connection
- Some familiarity with the command line
Okay, here are the steps:
- Visit the OS X section of the AAP site, and follow the directions there.
- Follow these directions. Go read a book or something while aap compiles Vim for you. Note, I chose /usr/local/aap/vim as the folder for aap to use. I will assume that you will use the same.
- Execute the following command as root (this is one long command line):
- Now, execute the following command not as root (this is also a long command line):
- Now, put /Applications/Vim.app in your dock, and install the remaining gzipped vimballs (the *.vba.gz files). To install a gzipped vimball, do the following:
- Drag the .vga.gz file onto the Vim icon on the dock.
- Enter :so % and then hit Return.
- Use the gvim app and script from macvim.org's OS X page
- Download and install the colors sampler pack
- Edit your profile like so:
echo "alias vim=/usr/local/aap/vim/vim/src/Vim" >>.profile - Edit ~/.gvimrc to make Vim.app nicer to use. Here's my .gvimrc file.

