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I'm very excited about Neovim: among other things, it's going to allow the use of alternatives to VimScript, and a proper GUI.
by irremediable 12y ago
I'm very excited about Neovim: among other things, it's going to allow the use of alternatives to VimScript, and a proper GUI.
- pyre 12y agoThere are already alternatives to VimL. You can use Python, Ruby, etc.
- thristian 12y ago"Alternatives". VimL lets you set and inspect options, invoke other functions, all kinds of stuff. The other language bindings (particularly Python, but I assume this is true of the others) give you a high-level list of open files, the ability to send individual key-strokes to Vim and the ability to eval a VimL expression. All the vaguely-complex plugins I've seen have some sort of algorithmic core implemented in another language, and a whole bunch of VimL to wire the core up to Vim.
- sigzero 12y agoI was wondering when this would pop up. Smh
- irremediable 12y agoWhat does "smh" mean?
- ovechtrick 12y agoShaking My Head