Easy MacVim Home Page & Downloads Page?

[RichardDooling]

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

[jpetrie]

Seems to me like using GitHub pages for this (via a repository in the macvim-dev organization) would be straightforward enough.

[kzahedi]

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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On 28.06.2015, at 17:43, Josh Petrie [email protected] wrote:

Seems to me like using GitHub pages for this (via a repository in the macvim-dev organization) would be straightforward enough.

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[RichardDooling]

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.

[douglasdrumond]

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.

[ghost]

Yes I agree, there should be something like a reference website for MacVim. At this time things are a little bit confusing. A good approach, in my opinion, would be to have a "central" MacVim website on GitHub Pages that show information, references, contacts, downloads and so on, and to keep the discussion and the repository here as usual.

[fatuhoku]

... So ... yeah, where's the download link to the .dmg these days?

[splhack]

[splhack]

anyone wants to create pull requests to update https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/tree/gh-pages ?

[splhack]

http://macvim-dev.github.io/macvim/