[slim-vim] Vim like mappings for Emacs

[Brad Beveridge]

On 30/11/06, Larry Clapp <larry at theclapp.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 07:43:33AM -0800, Brad Beveridge wrote:
> > On 22/11/06, Brad Beveridge <brad.beveridge at gmail.com> wrote:
> [ more Vim mappings in Viper mode ]
> >
> > No comments at all?
>
> Sorry man, no time to play lately.  Sounds nifty, though.  The more
> you work and code and polish, the easier it'll be for people following
> in your path.  Maybe eventually you'll be able to say, "Oh, you prefer
> Vim?  Me too.  Download Emacs, run this convert-emacs-to-vim.el Elisp
> program, and you have all the features of both."
>
> In the mean time, keep working on what you like.  Work on Emacs.
> Write an "Emacs/Viper for Vim users" help file, or expand/update an
> existing one.
>
> I've decided on a parallel track (when I have time, which isn't
> often): work on making Vim+ECL more robust.  I think a big problem
> with your slim-vim work was the lack of fully-debugged Vim / ECL
> integration.  If you'd had that, you'd've had a much easier time of
> it.
I agree - the Vim/ECL integration was where I suffered the most pain.
The best (IMHO) way to go would be to get Bram to add the network
socket and callback stuff that we need - I get the impression he is
the only person who really understands Vim at that deep level.  When
you start working on the Slime Lisp stuff again, give me an email.
I've drafted up a CLOS interface to the Slime protocol that is a hell
of a lot nicer that the one currently being used by SlimVim.  It might
get released as its own project at some stage, but is pretty usable
now.

Cheers
Brad