How To Use Neovim Instead Of MacVim

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Zhuoqun Calvin Huang edited this page May 9, 2019 · 2 revisions

To use Neovim with vim-anywhere, replace MacVim with a GUI for Neovim.

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Steps To Replace MacVim with Neovim.app

As of this writing, Neovim.app is working as a replacement on macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G2208) with the steps outlined below.

Install vim-anywhere per the readme
Install Neovim.app using Homebrew as described in its readme
Change the path in the ~/.vim-anywhere/.path file to '/usr/local/opt/neovim-dot-app/bin/gnvim'. Here's a one-liner:
echo '/usr/local/opt/neovim-dot-app/bin/gnvim' > ~/.vim-anywhere/.path
Try it out!

This works because MacVim's and Neovim.app's executables accept arguments in the same fashion.

Potential Alternatives

VimR is another very fancy Neovim GUI that may also work as a drop-in replacement.