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Org mode for vim

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Looks interesting. Since the README is minimal, some questions:

Is the intent to use the same format as, or otherwise interoperate with, org-mode for emacs?

Also, worth comparing with vimoutliner? (http://vimoutliner.org)

It looks like it uses the same format. At the end of first video[1], he shells out to an emacs server to format the .org file as html.

[1] http://vimeo.com/16543959

When I was looking for a vim-orgmode, I found viki/deplate :

I found it quite confusing but it seems to take much inspiration from org-mode, is mature, and integrates with TVO (the vim outliner).

Some references : Viki : http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=861 TVO : http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=517 Some notes from Swaroop C H :http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Vim_en:Personal_Information_M...

Wonderful project, it seems I'm not the only one who was reluctant to switch to Emacs just for org-mode.

With viper it's almost like not switching :P

I disagree, Viper mode is a very thin imitation of a few Vim commands. Slightly too thin for my liking, even on the most compatible of modes :p

Besides, to really experience the benefits of Emacs you have to dive right in. There are many Emacs features I wish Vim had but I fear many of these diminish in value when taken out of their natural environment. The reverse can also be argued to a lesser extent.

Maybe take a look at this then: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Vimpulse but it all really matters how much and which way you use vim.

Oh cool, it'll be interesting to see if that makes a switch more compelling.

I'm at home with vim (10+ years + a finely tuned and pimped up ~/.vim/) and have used vimoutliner a lot, but it goes in the opposite way for me: org-mode is one of the reasons I'm considering giving emacs another chance :)

Could someone explain what "Org" mode is? The readme is pretty sparse.

http://orgmode.org/

wow, i left vim for emacs 3 years ago solely because of org-mode. If this matures i might go back

I left vim for emacs solely because of how much nicer emacs lisp is than scripting stuff in vim: https://github.com/hsitz/VimOrganizer/blob/master/ftplugin/o....

With the introduction of additional data structures (lists, dictionaries that can also be used for prototype-based programming) in vim7, I don't think vimscript is that bad. And you can also use python/ruby/perl/tcl/scheme/lua/whatever when you have the proper version of vim.

I'm glad it's improving.

Whilst being able to script vim with lots of different languages is great, it's a shame it's not just one, since nobody really wants some hybrid beast linked against 6 different interpreters just to run a few scripts in one's editor.

I agree that vim scripting is crap but hjkl for navigation is just so addictive

Very true. I find the emacs shortcuts nicer on command lines though. I find the modality is too much of an overhead there.

Don't think that goes well in a text editor...

Also, how will I keep joking about emacs bloat?

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