VIM

A Jupyter kernel for Vim script: github repo. Other available Jupyter kernels can be found here

pip3 install vim-kernel --break-system-packages
python3 -m vim_kernel.install

Variable Scopes in Vimscript

Vimscript uses various prefixes to define the scope of variables:

• g: (global): variables accessible from anywhere.
• b: (buffer): variables local to the current buffer.
• w: (window): variables local to the current window.
• t: (tab page): variables local to the current tab page.
• l: (function local): variables local to a function.
• s: (script local): variables local to a specific Vimscript file.
• a: (function argument): formal parameters within a function.
• v: (vim built-in): predefined Vim variables.
• env: (environment): environment variables.

Function

function s:tasty()
  echo "Tasty"
endfunction
call s:tasty()

Tasty

function Yummy()
  let location = "tummy"
  return "Yummy in my " . location
endfunction

echo Yummy()

Yummy in my tummy