Re: Why vimscript instead of another language? A philosophical or a technical question?

On Thu, May 02, 2024 at 01:42:50AM -0700, Girish wrote:
> There are some specific advantages. Regex handling, for example, as done in
> Python of Lua is not so suitable to the needs of an editor.

Not to mention that "editor state" specific are just not available

|/\%V| \%V \%V inside Visual area |/zero-width|
|/\%#| \%# \%# cursor position |/zero-width|
|/\%'m| \%'m \%'m mark m position |/zero-width|
|/\%v| \%23v \%23v in virtual column 23 |/zero-width|

regards

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