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by samdcbu 1214 days ago
No one should be learning Vimscript at this point. That language should have died a long time ago.

A new user coming to the Vim ecosystem in 2023 would be best served by using Neovim with Lua.

4 comments

Vim now has vim9 script which is fully integrated and is actually very pleasant to use. It’s like a watered down TypeScript.
Vimscript is still really great for making edits and automating odd little things. I find it especially useful for refactoring
you still need to know vimscript for extending with lua.
Vim9script is pretty darn good; and fun to use.