#Syntax files for macvim install#

From the Terminal ctags -R -f ~/.vim/tags/python.ctags /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/amework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/ We will ask ctags to generate the tags from our MacPorts Python 2.6 installation path and save it in our. The directory “tags” is where I put my generated ctags tags ). “.vim/doc” is usually for plugins documentation. “.vim/plugin” is where the plugins go while “.vim/ftplugin” is for file-type-specific plugins. “.vim/colors” is where you put your colorscheme. “.vimrc” is your main Vim configuration file. vim directory and some other directories within touch mkdir mkdir mkdir mkdir mkdir mkdir mkdir ~/.vim/tagsĪ quick overview of the file and directories layout here. We just need to customize MacVim to move forward. If you see version number coming from that last command then all development environments are properly setup. :python from PyQt4 import QtCore print QtCore.PYQT_VERSION_STR To test it even further you could try to import PyQt4 and print the installed version. If the command successfully executed that means your Vim is compiled with Python support. The “:python” part tells MacVim to execute the python interpreter. Launch MacVim then on “normal” mode type: We need to make sure that Python support is working properly with our MacVim.

#Syntax files for macvim install#

We definitely need it so the next step is to install ctags using sudo port install ctags It supports C/C++ sources, Python, Perl and many other languages. Basically it’s a small program that generates tags or names found in source codes. This will take sometime as it will compiles from the sudo port install macvim +cscope +python26Ĭode completion on Vim (and MacVim) is done by ctags. Then install MacVim with Python 2.6 support. To do so from the Terminal sudo port -v selfupdate First we need to make sure that our MacPorts is the latest. I would suggest you to go through the “Setting up Python, PyQt4 and Twisted on OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard” before proceed with this journal because it is very critical that all installed libraries and binaries of Python, PyQt4 and Twisted are compatible with the MacVim that you have.įor Python development on OSX I prefer to install everything from MacPorts including MacVim. This journal is about setting up MacVim on OSX as primary IDE for developing Python along with PyQt4 and Twisted framework.