Vim:Python

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Vim:Python is a page about controlling the editor and writing plugins with the Python interface built into Vim. In a Vim built with Python support, you can run scripts with the :python and :pyfile commands and access buffers, windows, the cursor, variables, and commands through the vim module. Because complex logic can be implemented in a language more familiar than Vim script, plugins such as YouCompleteMe use this approach.

See also

• Vim
• Vim:Script
• Vim:Plugin
• Python

Favorite site

• Nvim documentation: if_pyth
• Vim Scripting through Python

Example

• Github - amoffat/snake/plugin/snake/init.py (Snake)
• Github - Valloric/YouCompleteMe/autoload/youcompleteme.vim (YouCompleteMe)

Guide

• Writing Vim Plugins in Python