title: Setting up Macvim for python development on OSX
body: <p>sorry I know there is a wealth of resources on this topic, particularly there is a very good post <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9172802/setting-up-vim-for-python">here</a> and <a href="http://jeffkreeftmeijer.com/2011/vim-is-hard-i-just-want-to-click-around/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>. </p>
  
  <p>Now I  am a complete beginner when it comes to installing from source and all the intricacies of setting environment variables, path and whatnot. However I feel like my goal is rather simple: <strong>I want to set up a python development environment in the terminal like the image showed in the second link</strong> i.e</p>
  
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  <li><p>From the terminal I should be able to call mvim (or vim whatever works best for python dev.) and stay within the terminal (i'm not sure if there is a reason for staying within the terminal but I guess it means less mouse clicking is needed)</p></li>
  <li><p>There should be a file drawer (I heard the "alloy" one is preferred over "NERDTree") available</p></li>
  <li><p>The text editor should look good, with the transparent background and color scheme like in the second link again.</p></li>
  <li><p>I read some stuff about "Janus" being good for beginners like myself, so that would be nice to have.</p></li>
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  <p>That is pretty much it. Just to give you an idea of an ideal answer: I really need to be spoon-fed on this one; To give you an idea I have no idea what or where my "PATH" is or what the ".profile" or ".bashrc" I would also love it if someone could explain a little bit about the reason we need to run certain commands in the installation as I am interested in learning the shell on my mac. </p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT:</strong> I do have brew installed if that helps...</p>