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I am learning VIM and would like to try to hack on some VIM plugins, but can't seem to find any resources for learning the scripting language. It seems like its called VIMscript, but I'm finding almost nothing useful on Google. Does anyone have any recommendations for learning how to develop VIM plugins from scratch?
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The best way to learn is practice. Take a few minutes to try Vim out. If you're on a Linux system right now, open up a terminal and type vim filename. Enter insert mode and type a bit (or copy some of the text from this article into Vim) and then hit Escape to start practicing movement around the file.
Learn Vim (the Smart Way) is a guide to learn the good parts of Vim. There are many places to learn Vim: the vimtutor is a great place to start and the help manual has all the references you will ever need. However, the average user needs something more than vimtutor and less than the help manual.
The problem with learning Vim is not that it's hard to do—it's that you have to keep doing it. This guide will break that cycle, ensuring this is the last time you will learn it. There are dozens of Vim references online, but most of them either go ninja straight away, or start basic and don't go much deeper.
This is a nice starting point to write scripts for Vim:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-vim-script-1/index.html
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