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Extending Vim with Python

builderau.com.au — If you're a user of the text editor Vim, chances are you are already impressed with the number and power of its inbuilt features. If you've ever tried to add your own functionality to the editor but been turned off by its arcane Vimscript language, then you'll be pleased to know that Vim now supports internal Python scripting.

Who dugg this? Made popular Oct 25, 2007

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  • FishHammer, on 10/31/2007, -0/+12This is the greatest thing I've ever seen
  • blizzok, on 10/25/2007, -0/+7Better than lisp
  • perfectnation, on 11/09/2007, -0/+5i used to play multiplayer tetris in vim.. now i can play multiplayer doom
  • inactive, on 10/26/2007, -0/+5It should be noted that you can do this with Perl, Tcl and Ruby as well, except that distros usually just ship versions of vim compiled with Python support. Vim is the only piece of software I regularly build from source nowadays, partly to enable language extension support and to add some "private" patches to the source I use.
  • ironcamel, on 10/26/2007, -0/+4are you serious about playing multiplayer doom in vim?
  • Irco, on 10/26/2007, -0/+4because is good to remember how digg was in the old days...
  • fatfreddyscat, on 10/25/2007, -5/+8Extending Vim with Monty Python

    Vim Vim Vim Vim Vim Vim Vim Vim Vim
  • spiffytech, on 10/26/2007, -0/+2Probably not, but I wouldn't be surprised :)
  • SergeantPepper, on 10/26/2007, -0/+2Can emacs do this? I use emacs but my LISP skills have atrophied and it would be great to extend it with Python.
  • andycr512, on 11/02/2007, -0/+2You can't blame them. Writing an OS is hard work.
  • burke, on 10/30/2007, -0/+2Not as far as I know. There was a movement a while back to redo EMACS in... I think it was python, actually, but whoever was responsible for it gave up quickly.
  • burke, on 10/26/2007, -0/+2Get the hell off my lawn.
  • GerbilOfCarnage, on 11/10/2007, -1/+2If Jesus used a text editor it would be vim. The code he wrote would be in python. Stop with the specist captcha's!
  • woxidu, on 10/25/2007, -2/+3Not new or news, but I guess worth knowing... *shrugs* Dugg
  • Acglaphotis, on 10/26/2007, -1/+2Death to emacs.
  • spiffytech, on 10/25/2007, -0/+1Multiplayer tetris?
  • tehkain, on 10/29/2007, -1/+2I am trying to revive pymacs for emacs for us C-x M-x
  • Haohmaru, on 10/28/2007, -1/+1Oh yeah, totally. I'm psyched.
  • nickdot, on 10/25/2007, -1/+1I prefer SPE: http://pythonide.stani.be
  • burke, on 11/10/2007, -1/+1But God programmed the universe in emacs.
  • burke, on 10/28/2007, -1/+1Dugg up for truth.
  • SergeantPepper, on 10/26/2007, -3/+1Can emacs do this? I use emacs but my LISP skills have atrophied and it would be great to extend it with Python.
  • canthraxp, on 10/25/2007, -7/+2EMACS IS BETTER *hides*
  • Amackera, on 11/10/2007, -14/+2You should check out Emacs then...
  • benroy, on 10/31/2007, -20/+1why the hell is this on the front page?

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