On the Mac terminal sessions don't seem to retain the same
environment as the one that parses their .bashrc files. So, to
overcome that, all aliases and PATH/variable changes are done in
.profile (or files sourced by .profile).
There aren't any .profiles checked in yet, but stay tuned ;-)
On Mac systems with MacPorts-installed Bash and Vim, the :ter[minal]
command doesn't pick up /etc/bashrc (aka /private/etc/bashrc) in my
login shell (Bash installed via MacPorts), so I've created helpers to
make it easier to spawn terminals. These helpers and their stubby
siblings for non-Mac platforms are mapped to F1 and Shift+F1,
respectively. I figure if I *really* need :help, I can just type :help.
It isn't hard. Usually I trigger the :help <F1> mapping by mistake
anyways.
Note:
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The helpers aren't perfect (you have to close the buffer manually after
Bash exits).
