Currently, no more updates are available, latest is 8.1.224

Nicholas Stallard — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 08:46:01 -0000

Since version 8.1.224 I am unable to build Vim.app due to the following error:

gui_mac.c: In function 'myDataBrowserChangeAttributes':
gui_mac.c:6615: warning: 'NSIsSymbolNameDefined' is deprecated (declared at /Developer-old/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/usr/include/mach-o/dyld.h:176)
gui_mac.c:6616: warning: 'NSLookupAndBindSymbol' is deprecated (declared at /Developer-old/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/usr/include/mach-o/dyld.h:179)
gui_mac.c:6619: warning: 'NSAddressOfSymbol' is deprecated (declared at /Developer-old/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/usr/include/mach-o/dyld.h:188)
{standard input}:unknown:Undefined local symbol LDefaultRuneLocale$non_lazy_ptr
{standard input}:unknown:Undefined local symbol L_stack_chk_guard$non_lazy_ptr
{standard input}:unknown:Undefined local symbol L_firstbuf$non_lazy_ptr
make[1]: [objects/gui_mac.o] Error 1
make: [first] Error 2

I can only hope that this magically gets fixed upstream and/or anyone here as a good idea what file to patch and how to get the compilation working again plesae let me know and send me an email.

If this issse persists then 8.1.224 will be the last Vim.app version I can provide....

Vim.app not working as expected with MacOS X 10.9 and 10.10

Nicholas Stallard — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 22:55:20 -0000

Vim.app will not run on MacOS X 10.9 (Mavericks) and MacOS X 10.10 (Yosemite).
Running "/Applications/Vim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim'" from the Terminal works just fine.
Running "/Applications/Vim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim -g'" from the Terminal will(!) start Vim with the GUI.

I have no idea why the GUI will not open when double-clicking on the Vim application icon.
Any hints/help is welcome...

PPC Support, 10,4/10.5 for the Vim had to be dropped

Nicholas Stallard — Wed, 14 May 2014 11:50:09 -0000

I am sorry to report that the latest universal Vim will remain at 7.4.242.
Newer versions are i386 only and do not support MacOSX Versions older than 10.6 (Snow Leopard).

The latest universal Vim can be found here: old_releases/Vim-7.4.242_universal_10.4.dmg

Restructred the files section

Nicholas Stallard — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:21:59 -0000

The files have been restructured. Old releases can be found in old_releases, the current (up to date) Vim in current and the x11 gvim binary for OSX in gvim/

X11 gvim OSX

Nicholas Stallard — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:25:48 -0000

Updated the unsupported :) OSX gvim X11 binary to 7.2.325

Vim is an universal binary again

Nicholas Stallard — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:57:05 -0000

After some reading and testing, I can now build Vim as an universal binary again. And also MacOSX 10.4.x compatible.

The included /Readme_MacOSX_vim-7.2.txt fle containes updated compile instructions.

Vim is an universal binary again

Nicholas Stallard — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:55:21 -0000

After some reading and testing, I can now build Vim as an universal binary again. And also MacOSX 10.4.x compatible.

The included /Readme_MacOSX_vim-7.2.txt fle containes updated compile instructions.

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PPC Support, 10,4/10.5 for the Vim had to be dropped

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X11 gvim OSX

Vim is an universal binary again

Vim is an universal binary again