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I must say, Sublime Text 3 with its Python 3.3 scripting is tempting. Vimscript is quite horrible.

• pekk 14y ago
  You can script vim with Python.
  • eliben 14y ago
    Yes, but AFAIK the API isn't complete there - i.e. not all hooks are exposed as they are to Vimscript, which explains why with Python "scripting" being around for a while people still write Vimscript.
    • pekk 14y ago
      No, that's FUD. There is nothing wrong with the API exposed to Python. The main reason to write things in VimL is that this means no dependencies outside vim, which might be easier on users of your plugin. But a number of major plugins are written in Python with no problems. It's quite usable.
      • eliben 14y ago
        Which dependencies are needed to run Python plugins?
        • nudded 14y ago
          Your vim needs to be compiled with python support.