For me, it comes down to this choice: Do I want a setup like this?
read results back into
+---------------------------------+
v |
+-----+ write lines out to +------+ (1)
| vim | ------------------------> | tool |
+-----+ +------+
Or do I want this?
+-----+
| vim | (2)
+-----+
It's amazing we can do 1, but 2 seems a lot more consolidated.
- Igbanam
On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 10:28 PM Антон Голубев <antongolube...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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 <jcaballero....@gmail.com>:
>
>> 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 (<
>> antoine.mechely...@gmail.com>) escribió:
>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 9:27 PM Jose Caballero <jcaballero....@gmail.com>
>>> 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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