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pekk on April 4, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Learn Vimscript the Hard Way

No, that's FUD. There is nothing wrong with the API exposed to Python. The main reason to write things in VimL is that this means no dependencies outside vim, which might be easier on users of your plugin. But a number of major plugins are written in Python with no problems. It's quite usable.

eliben on April 4, 2013 [–]

Which dependencies are needed to run Python plugins?

nudded on April 4, 2013 | [–]

Your vim needs to be compiled with python support.

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