Re: replace VimScript

2007-04-25 Thread Ilya Sher
Nikolai Weibull wrote: > On 4/24/07, A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Nikolai Weibull wrote: >> > On 4/24/07, Ilya Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [snip] >> > I mean, seriously, it's a lot more intuitive to write >> > >> > Vim.options['formatoptions'] = >> Vim.options['formatoptions'

Re: replace VimScript

2007-04-25 Thread Nikolai Weibull
On 4/25/07, Robert Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nikolai Weibull wrote: > The only question that is really relevant here is: why it isn't enough > with having an ECMAScript extension instead of having it replace > VimScript? > > The following arguments have been given: > > 1. Because people

Re: replace VimScript

2007-04-25 Thread Nikolai Weibull
On 4/24/07, A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nikolai Weibull wrote: > On 4/24/07, Ilya Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Robert Lee wrote: >> > [snip] >> >> > Counterwish #2: Dump VimScript and replace it with EMCAScript (maybe >> > using SpiderMonkey) so that people don't need to learn

Re: replace VimScript

2007-04-24 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Robert Lee wrote: Nikolai Weibull wrote: On 4/24/07, Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In fact, what I'm asking it to do currently rarely takes much time, but it could be really nice to ask it to do a lot more and still not pay a huge time or memory penalty. What plugins/functiona

Re: replace VimScript

2007-04-24 Thread Robert Lee
Nikolai Weibull wrote: On 4/24/07, Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In fact, what I'm asking it to do currently rarely takes much time, but it could be really nice to ask it to do a lot more and still not pay a huge time or memory penalty. What plugins/functionality are we missing

Re: replace VimScript (was: wish: allow a: in the function def)

2007-04-24 Thread Nikolai Weibull
On 4/24/07, Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In fact, what I'm asking it to do currently rarely takes much time, but it could be really nice to ask it to do a lot more and still not pay a huge time or memory penalty. What plugins/functionality are we missing that require better effic

Re: replace VimScript

2007-04-24 Thread Ilya Sher
Yakov Lerner wrote: > [snip] > So do not worry, replacement of vimscript by the favourite language > of some vim's random user is not going to happen. That is obvious. The point was the question why the OP named language X and not Y for this. > > Yakov -- For robots (please don't mail me there):

Re: replace VimScript

2007-04-24 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Nikolai Weibull wrote: On 4/24/07, Ilya Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Robert Lee wrote: > [snip] > Counterwish #2: Dump VimScript and replace it with EMCAScript (maybe > using SpiderMonkey) so that people don't need to learn a new language If I understand you correctly, you assume that ECMASc

Re: replace VimScript (was: wish: allow a: in the function def)

2007-04-24 Thread Yakov Lerner
On 4/24/07, Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 05:49:19PM +0200, Nikolai Weibull wrote: > On 4/24/07, Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 10:49:49AM +0300, Ilya Sher wrote: > >> Robert Lee wrote: > >> [snip] > >> > Counterwish #2:

Re: replace VimScript (was: wish: allow a: in the function def)

2007-04-24 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 05:49:19PM +0200, Nikolai Weibull wrote: > On 4/24/07, Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 10:49:49AM +0300, Ilya Sher wrote: > >> Robert Lee wrote: > >> [snip] > >> > Counterwish #2: Dump VimScript and replace it with EMCAScript (maybe > >>

Re: replace VimScript (was: wish: allow a: in the function def)

2007-04-24 Thread Nikolai Weibull
On 4/24/07, Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 05:57:45PM +0200, Nikolai Weibull wrote: > On 4/24/07, Ilya Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Robert Lee wrote: > >> [snip] > > > >> Counterwish #2: Dump VimScript and replace it with EMCAScript (maybe > >> using Spid

Re: replace VimScript (was: wish: allow a: in the function def)

2007-04-24 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 05:57:45PM +0200, Nikolai Weibull wrote: > On 4/24/07, Ilya Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Robert Lee wrote: > >> [snip] > > > >> Counterwish #2: Dump VimScript and replace it with EMCAScript (maybe > >> using SpiderMonkey) so that people don't need to learn a new langua

Re: replace VimScript

2007-04-24 Thread Ilya Sher
Nikolai Weibull wrote: > On 4/24/07, Ilya Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Robert Lee wrote: >> > [snip] >> >> > Counterwish #2: Dump VimScript and replace it with EMCAScript (maybe >> > using SpiderMonkey) so that people don't need to learn a new language >> If I understand you correctly, you as

Re: replace VimScript (was: wish: allow a: in the function def)

2007-04-24 Thread Nikolai Weibull
On 4/24/07, Ilya Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Robert Lee wrote: > [snip] > Counterwish #2: Dump VimScript and replace it with EMCAScript (maybe > using SpiderMonkey) so that people don't need to learn a new language If I understand you correctly, you assume that ECMAScript is the most popular

Re: replace VimScript (was: wish: allow a: in the function def)

2007-04-24 Thread Nikolai Weibull
On 4/24/07, Yakov Lerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/24/07, Ilya Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Lee wrote: > > [snip] > > > Counterwish #2: Dump VimScript and replace it with EMCAScript (maybe > > using SpiderMonkey) so that people don't need to learn a new language As a sarcasti

Re: replace VimScript (was: wish: allow a: in the function def)

2007-04-24 Thread Nikolai Weibull
On 4/24/07, Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 10:49:49AM +0300, Ilya Sher wrote: > Robert Lee wrote: > [snip] > > Counterwish #2: Dump VimScript and replace it with EMCAScript (maybe > > using SpiderMonkey) so that people don't need to learn a new language > If I

Re: replace VimScript (was: wish: allow a: in the function def)

2007-04-24 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 10:49:49AM +0300, Ilya Sher wrote: > Robert Lee wrote: > [snip] > > Counterwish #2: Dump VimScript and replace it with EMCAScript (maybe > > using SpiderMonkey) so that people don't need to learn a new language > If I understand you correctly, you assume that > ECMAScript is

Re: replace VimScript (was: wish: allow a: in the function def)

2007-04-24 Thread Yakov Lerner
On 4/24/07, Ilya Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Robert Lee wrote: > [snip] > Counterwish #2: Dump VimScript and replace it with EMCAScript (maybe > using SpiderMonkey) so that people don't need to learn a new language As a sarcastic joke, this sounds average. But seriously, vim having supprt

Re: replace VimScript (was: wish: allow a: in the function def)

2007-04-24 Thread Ilya Sher
Robert Lee wrote: > [snip] > Counterwish #2: Dump VimScript and replace it with EMCAScript (maybe > using SpiderMonkey) so that people don't need to learn a new language If I understand you correctly, you assume that ECMAScript is the most popular language among the people that wish to customize V