Not the same. At least pre vim 8. I don't know if this has changed. https://geoff.greer.fm/2015/01/15/why-neovim-is-better-than-vim/ https://geoff.greer.fm/201

Not the same. At least pre vim 8. I don't know if this has changed. https://geoff.greer.fm/2015/01/15/why-neovim-is-better-than-vim/ https://geoff.greer.fm/2015/01/15/why-neovim-is-better-than-... Example for python from the post import vim # Show current directory in Vim cwd = vim.eval('getcwd()') vim.command(':Explore %s | redraw' % cwd) Technically it's python, but it's a shim.