vim-bridge 0.1

A Python-to-Vim bridge decorator that allows transparent calls to Python functions in native Vim scripts.

What is it?

vim_bridge is a Python-to-Vim bridge decorator that allows transparent calls to Python functions in native Vim scripts.

Installation

Simply install the vim_bridge Python package, using setuptools, easy_install, or pip.

Usage

In a Vim script, decorate your Python functions as follows to expose them as native Vim callables. Both arguments and return values are casted so it should be transparent:

python << endpython
from vim_bridge import bridged

@bridged('first', 'last')
def SayHello(first, last):
    return "Hello, %s %s!" % (first, last)

endpython

" Now call directly into the Python function!
echo SayHello("John", "Doe")
           " prints "Hello, John Doe!"

Supported

The following data types have proven to work:

• Strings

• Integers

• Lists

• Exceptions

More examples

Passing in a list:

python << endpython
from vim_bridge import bridged

@bridged('list')
def GetLongest(list):
    return max(map(lambda s: len(s), list))

endpython

echo GetLongest(['one', 'two', 'three', 'four'])
            " returns 5 (because "three" is 5 chars long)

Catching exceptions:

python << endpython
from vim_bridge import bridged

@bridged()
def WillCauseException():
    raise Exception("Oops")

endpython

" This will throw an error to the user...
echo WillCauseException()

" But here's how you can catch that in Vim
try
    echo WillCauseException()
catch
    echo "Something went wrong. Aborting."
finally
    echo "Cleaning up."
endtry

Using Python stdlib functions to do work that would be more difficult using pure Vim scripting:

python << END
import os.path
from vim_bridge import bridged

@bridged('path')
def NormalizePath(path):
    return os.path.realpath(path)
END

echo NormalizePath("/this/../or/./.././that/is/./a/.//very/../obscure/..//././long/./../path/name")
echo NormalizePath("..")