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Easy MacVim Home Page & Downloads Page? #48
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I posted on the MacVim user google group but I will mention here too.
I am a writer, not a programmer, but I'm also a huge fan of Vim and MacVim. I don't know how these things are handled, but I'm worried about people like me who just want to find and install the latest version of MacVim.
Googling on MacVim still steers mainly to Bjorn's repository with no indication (for the unsophisticated anyway) WHERE or how to download the latest version of the program.
Shouldn't there at least be some kind of notice posted? With a link to a place where a new MacVim user could say, "Okay, I've heard all about this Vim thing, and I understand there's a GUI version specially for the Mac, but where do I download the latest version and how do I install it?"
If the answer is "It's open source, dummy, make your own damn web page with instructions if you are so worried," then I'll make a page on my blog.
Rick
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jpetrie commentedon Jun 28, 2015
Seems to me like using GitHub pages for this (via a repository in the macvim-dev organization) would be straightforward enough.
kzahedi commentedon Jun 29, 2015
I have to admit that it really isn't easy to find the new macvim repository of you start with Google. Even the GitHub search shows the old repository first. You need to know the username in order to find macvim, which you can't expect everyone to remember.
It would be very helpful to have some additional pointers to the new repository.
Cheers,
Keyan
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RichardDooling commentedon Jun 29, 2015
I played with GitHub pages before. It didn't look too hard. The page Bjorn had with download and install instructions could be repurposed for content.
douglaskayama commentedon Jul 7, 2015
There was a page in code.google.com/p/macvim, but it now redirects here. GitHub pages is super easy (already using in my personal blog), I'll set them up.
hokster7 commentedon Nov 11, 2015
... So ... yeah, where's the download link to the .dmg these days?
splhack commentedon Nov 11, 2015
splhack commentedon Dec 13, 2015
anyone wants to create pull requests to update https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/tree/gh-pages ?
splhack commentedon Dec 18, 2015
http://macvim-dev.github.io/macvim/