[Chicago] Python and VIM

[Brian Ray]

There are several ways to use python in VIM. One way is to script vim  
from python.

One way is to use the "--enable-pythoninterp" (aka +python, feature)  
when building vim--no lisp required. Here is a entry I wrote a while  
ago on just that:

  <http://brianray.chipy.org/2004/Jul>

The vim module allows total scripting of VIM <http://www.vim.org/htmldoc/if_pyth.html 
 >.

Here is another resource for scripting vim from Python:

  <http://www.tummy.com/Community/Presentations/vimpython-20070225/vim.html 
 >

Another, probably more obvious, way to use Python with VIM, is to  
write Python with VIM.  You can really set up a whole IDE:

  <http://blog.sontek.net/2008/05/11/python-with-a-modular-ide-vim/>

One addition I would consider from the above is using vimshell, where  
in a split screen you can use whatever shell tool you want--like run  
iPython, for example.


Brian Ray
bray at sent.com
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