How can you use an interpreted language and not Emacs?

3 pointsglobalrev17y ago4 comments

This just puzzled me. I recently found out that you can't run a REPL in VIM.

OK, so how do you use interpreted languages if you use VIM?

C-c C-l, C-c C-e, etc is kind of the whole point no?

Don't you miss a lot of practicality there?

With Python the editor/interpreter that comes with Python is pretty good so I can see how.

Or do you use Eclipse or Netbeans? Do you think it is ok to run a repl in them?

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weavejester17y ago· 1 in thread

Look up Chimp, Soma, slime.vim, fvl, VIlisp, Limp, or Vim-R.

Hacking Vim to send text to a REPL isn't that hard, though it does require some setup.

globalrevOP17y ago

OK so it is doable, good.

collint17y ago

Yes, this really helps me make the decision to use emacs.

There is a lot of useful information in this post for a non-emacs user.

I am not being sarcastic.

SwellJoe17y ago

You fail it. ("it" is: providing a cohesive statement, not trying to a start yet another editor flame war, and not looking like a jackass who doesn't know how Google works.)

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