Re: Why vimscript instead of another language? A philosophical or a technical question?

I think there's a lot you can't do from an external script, like
controlling windows or highlighting.

вс, 28 апр. 2024 г., 22:48 Jose Caballero <[email protected]>:

> Hi Tony,
>
> Thanks a lot for such a fast response.
> However, I realise now I was not clear in my first post. I didn't mean to
> use a language that VIM is compiled with. I was simply talking about
> passing the selected text to your custom script with
>
> <.>! my_script.py
>
> But I have to say you have a good point: "your favourite language might
> not be my favourite language"
>
> Cheers,
> Jose
>
> El dom, 28 abr 2024 a las 20:44, Tony Mechelynck (<
> [email protected]>) escribió:
>
>> On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 9:27 PM Jose Caballero <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am just curious about it. I have just been experimenting with it, and
>> it is possible to send the selected range of lines, or even the entire
>> buffer, to an external script. Right? In my case, in python.
>> > I find python, or even bash, to be more readable and friendly than
>> vimscript.
>> >
>> > What would be the advantage of keeping using vimscript instead of
>> writing plugins in your favourite language? What am I missing?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Jose
>>
>> What you're missing, I think, is that your favourite language might
>> not be my favourite language. Indeed, it is possible to write plugins
>> in Python, Perl, Ruby, Lua, Mzscheme, Tcl, etc., but only a Vim
>> compiled with the corresponding interpreter interface built-in could
>> use them; while Vim script uses as commands the very same verbs used
>> as ex-commands when running Vim interactively, and it is guaranteed
>> that every Vim executable can use it. For all these reasons (and also
>> because all these additional languages are foreign to me while I had
>> to learn Vim ex-commands anyway in order to use it interactively),
>> _my_ favourite language for use with Vim is Vim script itself.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tony.
>>
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