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'

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 giv

Re: replace VimScript

2007-04-25 Thread Nikolai Weibull
On 4/24/07, A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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

Re: replace VimScript

2007-04-24 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
ions. Any library available for any of these languages can be made available to the Vim runtime 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 pre

Re: replace VimScript

2007-04-24 Thread Robert Lee
y available for any of these languages can be made available to the Vim runtime 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 interes

Re: replace VimScript (was: wish: allow a: in the function def)

2007-04-24 Thread Nikolai Weibull
languages can be made available to the Vim runtime 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 se

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

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 ECMASc

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:

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 > >>

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 Spid

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 langua

Re: replace VimScript

2007-04-24 Thread Ilya Sher
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 as

Re: replace VimScript (was: wish: allow a: in the function def)

2007-04-24 Thread Nikolai Weibull
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 is the most popular

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 sarcasti

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 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

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

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 V