Re:Emacs is Dead (2010)
by goldfeld on Sunday June 02, 2013 @09:17PM
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I'm reaching a point where I can consider myself at home with VimScript (moreso the bigger investment has been on the built-in vim functions and not on the language proper), and I'm becoming increasingly active within the Vim community. I can tell I don't have any plugins in Python/Ruby and actively avoid them, seeking lightweight alternatives instead, and I would detach myself from the community if VimScript were to be phased out in favor of Python (don't have too much love for it.) Fortunately none of that is going to happen.
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Re:Emacs is Dead (2010)
by jzelinskie on Sunday June 02, 2013 @10:48PM
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I do often opt for the slower, pure vimscript extensions in order to avoid having to remember to compile specific ones. Hypothetically, if vim had an embedded form of Lua, it could satisfy the people who want a familiar scripting language and it wouldn't be dependent on whatever version of the language the system has installed. I think that would be a excellent choice if you were writing a brand new editor.
To be perfectly honest, I think so many vim users (including myself) don't know vimscript [in depth] because they can easily find everything they need already.