On Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:40:53 +0100 "A.J.Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kim Schulz wrote: > > Hi, > > It you should give one (or more) tips to a person who was going to > > start creating scripts for vim, then what would it be? > > (besides "know your :help" :-) ) > > > > ideas could be: > > Do's and dont's > > best util script > > often used functions > > ways of optimization > > etc. etc.. > > > > > > In addition to what Yakov and Mikolaj have said, and with which I > fully agree, my main advice would be: Your Mileage Will Vary. > - One person's "most used" script might not even be useful for > another user. > - A keymap, a colorscheme, a syntax script, a utility script or a > vimrc each require fundamentally different approaches. > > One thing Mikolaj mentioned, but which I want to stress: make your > scripts as portable as you can: > - You're on Linux now, but if and when you find yourself facing a Mac > or Windows (or other) machine, you will still want to use Vim the > same way. > - Your scripts should work in both Vim and gvim (if at all possible). > - If ever you find yourself using a Vim version with a limited > featureset, or an older version of Vim, you don't want your vimrc (or > other Vim script) to halt on an error because you set an unsupported > option or use an unsupported command (for that version). > This means that IMHO: > * you should test has(), exists() etc. whenever there is a > possibility that some feature might possibly be absent on some > version of Vim. (Better be safe than sorry.) > * if there are several ways to program a single task, use vim-script > in preference to interfacing with perl, python, etc., unless: > (a) you know that the required interpreter will always be > available whenever you will need that task, and > (b) the "alien" version of the script is faster and cleaner than > the "vim" version, or the task at hand cannot be handled with "pure" > vim-script. > > > Best regards, > Tony. Thanks. it was answers like this I was looking for. -- Kim Schulz | Private : http://www.schulz.dk [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Business: http://www.devteam.dk +45 5190 4262 | Sparetime: http://www.fundanemt.com
