Re: replace VimScript

2007-04-25 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
with minimal hassle. Wasn't that sort of my argument? Are there lots of VimScript libraries that are outside the application domain? So how does replacing VimScript with ECMAScript prevent these interesting possibilities? I don't see why you have to replace VimScript with ECMAScript to get

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 wouldn't

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'].replace('t', )

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

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 for

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 the

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 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 sarcastic joke,

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 language If I

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 SpiderMonkey) so that

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 using

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: Dump VimScript

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 ECMAScript

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 (was: wish: allow a: in the function def)

2007-04-24 Thread Nikolai Weibull
? Are there lots of VimScript libraries that are outside the application domain? So how does replacing VimScript with ECMAScript prevent these interesting possibilities? I don't see why you have to replace VimScript with ECMAScript to get ECMAScripts do what can be done with the, for example, Ruby

Re: replace VimScript

2007-04-24 Thread Robert Lee
. Wasn't that sort of my argument? Are there lots of VimScript libraries that are outside the application domain? So how does replacing VimScript with ECMAScript prevent these interesting possibilities? I don't see why you have to replace VimScript with ECMAScript to get ECMAScripts do what can