I really want to try out vim and tiling wm setup. Is this a good place to get my...

johncoltrane · on May 1, 2011

Vico is a Mac OS X text editor with Vim-like keybindings.

If you want to try tiling window managers + Vim, your best bet is to use MacPort to install gvim and either wmii, awesome or ion3. Other WMs worth trying are wmfs, dwm, xmonad… you'll need manual compiling though.

navs · on May 1, 2011

I experimented with an Archbang + wmii setup on my netbook for a few months. I don't see how this app comes close to emulating that experience. I suggest a VM setup.

deffibaugh · on May 1, 2011

I think I am going to setup a VM with this. I really want to try the real thing. If it runs well enough in the VM I might just do all my development in and use the host OSX for everyday tasks.

I am looking into getting into Android development. Is it worth doing it without using Eclipse?

ramblex · on May 1, 2011

vim works on mac anyway - macvim for gvim equivalent. As far as I know there aren't any decent tiling wms for mac.

johncoltrane · on May 1, 2011

You can use dwm/awesome/wmfs & co under XQuartz, installation and configuration work almost like in Linux.

That said, I use ShiftIt(1), it's free, keyboard based and does EXACTLY what I want it to do.

(1) https://github.com/iamteem/ShiftIt

jarin · on May 1, 2011

There are quite a few nice tiling utilities for Mac :)

http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/cinch/ (for mouse)

http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/sizeup/ (for keyboard)

http://autumnapps.com/breeze/

http://mizage.com/divvy/ (the one I use)