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Include a script to install macvim as system/user level vim commands #1226

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Is your feature request about something that is currently impossible or hard to do? Please describe the problem.
Include a script to MacVim installation for users to use MacVim as system or user level vim commands (vim, view, vimdiff, etc.)

Describe the solution you'd like
Include a script to MacVim installation, maybe in /Application/MacVim/Contents/scripts/install_macvim_links

The script could look like:

#!/bin/sh

MVIM_DIR="/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/bin"
DEST_DIR="$HOME/.local/bin"
mkdir -p "$DEST_DIR"

(
cd "$MVIM_DIR" || {
    echo "Cannot change to dir $MVIM_DIR"
    exit 2
}

for fn in vim vimdiff view gvim gvimdiff gview; do
    target="$(pwd)/$fn"
    echo "Linking $target into $DEST_DIR..."
    ln -sf "$target" "$DEST_DIR"
done
)

Describe alternatives you've considered
Leave the suffer to the users

Additional context
https://superuser.com/a/1697239/114255

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