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MacVim is the text editor Vim for Mac OS X. MacVim is a project designed to bring the Vim programmer’s editor to the Mac. Vim on the other hand, is based on the powerful Vi app, which is a text editor developed for the Unix operating systems. The goal of the MacVim project is to convert the Vim program into an application suitable for the Mac platform. As a result, MacVim includes support for drag and drop actions, allows you to work in fullscreen mode, improves the way in which search queries are handled and much more. MacVim is a great tool to have around if you are looking for a plain text editor that includes support for highlighting syntax and integrates into the Mac OS X look and feel. Finding your way around can prove challenging but its worth your while: the app includes a plethora of efficient tools.

MacVim supports multiple windows with tabbed editing and a host of other features such as:

bindings to standard OS X keyboard shortcuts (?Z, ?V, ?A, ?G, etc.),
transparent backgrounds,
full-screen mode,
multibyte editing with OS X input methods and automatic font substitution,
ODB editor support,