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- I am using Mac OS X, with vim and I am getting a bit used to it. A teacher at the university told us he will ask us to demonstrate him our knowledge on Vi and specified that it is Vi and not Vim. I read a lot of posts on different website and this forum about the differences between the two, but they do not seem really big especially looking on.
For Mac OS developers, it’s essential to build your own arsenal. For most Linux utilities missed on Mac OS, just use homebrew to install. There is one exeption I make: Vim. There is an integrated Vim on Mac OS, and also several brew version of Vim for choose.
Introduction
Vim which stands for vi improved is a text editor and an improved version of vi editor that is designed to run on CLI (Command Line Interface) as well as GUI (Graphical user interface) .
It was developed by Bram Moolenaar in 1991. It is a free and open source software which was released under the license which includes some charityware clauses.
In this tutorial, we will learn the steps involved in the installation of Vim on MacOS.
Prerequisites
- MacOS
- Login as an administrator on terminal.
Installation
The following steps are used to install Vim on MacOS.
1) Download the latest version
To install Vim editor on MacOS, we have to download its latest version by visiting the official website I.e. https://vim.sourceforge.io/download.php
2) Mount the disk image file
The downloaded file stored in Downloads folder (in my case) is a disk image file which needs to be mounted to the Volumes directory. mounting needs a simple command as follows.
![Vim Vim](https://static.hessian.cn/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/QQ20140917-2@2x.png)
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3) Copy the application file to Applications
The file is mounted as Vim.app which is an executable application file stored inside the Volumes directory. This file needs to be copied to the Application directory where the Applications are installed. This will be done via a simple command given below.
4) Unmount the file
![Commands Commands](/uploads/1/1/9/3/119347445/186866016.png)
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We have done with installing vim on our MacOS. The next step which needs to be done is unmounting the file. This will be done by using unmount option with hdiutil command.
5) Working with Vim
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Once we install Vim on our MacOS, we can use it for programming in any of the languages or for editing of any of the documents. To get started with the Vim, we either type simply vim on command line or we can open it via GUI by double clicking the vim icon shown in the Applications. Vim opens in the terminal which is shown in the image.
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Well, we have successfully installed and get started with the VIM editor on MacOS.