Mac

How to build MacVim with Python 2.7

The first few times I tried building MacVim, it kept linking with the system Python. I wanted it to use my Python 2.7 install. I finally found the right incantation: ./configure --enable-rubyinterp=yes...
General

Editing a crontab with vim

If your vimrc is configured to use backup files and you try to invoke crontab -e (or vipw or visudo, etc.), you might get an error like this: crontab: temp file must be edited in place You need to make vim not do backups of temp...