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Can I specify my shell for vim? I'm running OS X and have zsh installed via Homebrew and am using MacVim. When I type shell in MacVim, the shell opens up as bash. How can I have it open as zsh?

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vim will by default use your system configured shell. I suspect you're running zsh somewhere in your profile or your bash profile. Try running chsh to change your shell on your mac. – Dyslexic Tangent May 29 '11 at 18:19
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Add or change the following line in ~/.vimrc:

set shell=/path/to/zsh
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Great, thanks!! – neezer May 24 '11 at 16:34
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