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[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It uses Lua instead Vimscript, but what is the benefit of using Lua outside of Vim?

The only other (in fact, the first) place I've run into Lua is WoW plugins.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago

But WoW plugins have nothing to do with Vim. That's my point. You can use Lua in WoW, while using Vimscript in Vim.

[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 1 points 2 months ago

Factoring mods also use lua. Lua is a neat little extension language.