patch 8.2.1422: the Mac GUI implementation is outdated
Problem: The Mac GUI implementation is outdated and probably doesn't even
work.
Solution: Remove the Mac GUI code. The MacVim project provides the
supported Vim GUI version.
diff --git a/src/INSTALLmac.txt b/src/INSTALLmac.txt
index e957682..ac122c3 100644
--- a/src/INSTALLmac.txt
+++ b/src/INSTALLmac.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 MacOS X
- 1.1. Carbon interface
+ 1.1. Terminal version
1.2. X (Athena, GTK, Motif) or plain text.
MacOS Classic is no longer supported. If you really want it use Vim 6.4.
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
1.0 Considerations
- Only '/' supported as path separator.
+ Only '/' is supported as path separator.
-1.1 Carbon interface (default)
+1.1 Terminal version (default)
You can compile vim with the standard Unix routine:
cd .../src
@@ -37,14 +37,7 @@
make test
sudo make install
- "make" will create a working Vim.app application bundle in the src
- directory. You can move this bundle (the Vim.app directory) anywhere
- you want. Or use "make install" to move it to /Applications.
-
- You need at least Xcode 1.5 to compile Vim 7.0.
-
- Configure will create a universal binary if possible. This requires
- installing the universal SDK (currently for 10.4).
+ You need at least Xcode 1.5.
To overrule the architecture do this before running make:
@@ -53,17 +46,16 @@
./configure --with-mac-arch=ppc
-1.2 X-Windows or Plain Text
+1.2 X-Windows
- If you do not want the Carbon interface, you must explicitly tell
- configure to use a different GUI.
+ You must explicitly tell configure to use a GUI.
cd .../src
./configure --disable-darwin --enable-gui=gtk2
make; make install
- NOTE: The following GUI options are supported:
- no (for text), motif, athena, nextaw
+ NOTE: The following GUI options are possible (but might not work):
+ no (for terminal only), motif, athena, nextaw
gtk, gtk2, gnome, gnome2,
NOTE: You need to first install XFree86 and XDarwin.