You're right, and I sold vim a little short there, compared to something like emacs. More accurately, I meant that when someone wants to combine vim with a fun

You're right, and I sold vim a little short there, compared to something like emacs. More accurately, I meant that when someone wants to combine vim with a functionality they tend to implement it as a plugin with vim as the host and interface. I won't speak for anyone else, but my vimrc tends to accumulate a lot of behavior such that it's still a kitchen sink--it just wasn't included with the initial distro.