Programming Vim in Python: how is it implemented?

Question

Somebody told me that it is possible to write Vim plugins in Python.

I would like to inspect the source implementing this: I would like to use another scripting language for that.

Is there a documentation on how the authors implemented this Python interface to Vim?

What do you mean by "use another scripting language"? Do you mean patch Vim sources to add support for another scripting language? Which language would that be? — filbranden, Jan 18 '22 at 16:02
That would be Standard ML. Some theorem provers are implemented in Standard ML so building a user interface would be convenient in it. — Gergely, Jan 21 '22 at 07:44

Yegappan Lakshmanan · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-19T06:08:00.847

The source files used for the Python integration with Vim are:

The Python interface is described in https://vimhelp.org/if_pyth.txt.html

Note that Vim also supports writing scripts in other languages: lua, tcl, perl, ruby and mzscheme. The source files for these interfaces are at:

These interfaces are described in their respective help pages:

Thanks indeed, this was very much useful. – Gergely Jan 21 '22 at 07:45 — Gergely, Jan 21 '22 at 07:45

1 Answers1