From VimScript into Lua
This is my cheat sheet for migrating VimScript into Lua. Things I often forget. There are places to learn about Lua use in Neovim . But, for some reason, I could not find side-by-side examples of VimScript vs Lua for quick migration. So I decided to start my own.
| VimScript | Lua |
|---|---|
:nmap abc :something |
vim.keymap.add({'n'}, 'abc', ':something), noremap will be with more in the first {} |
let g:session_autosave = 'yes' |
vim.g.session_autosave = 'yes' |
autocmd BufWrite *py :call DeleteTrailingWs() |
vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({'BufWrite'}, {pattern={'*.py'}, command = ":call DeleteTrailingWs()"}) |
let splitbelow = 1 |
vim.opt.splitbelow = true |
(any vimscript commands) |
vim.api.nvim_exec2([[ (any vimscript commands) ]]) |
" comment |
-- comment (oh, well) |
Replacing tabs with spaces
I keep forgetting this: how to set tabstop at 4, and use spaces not tabs to space.
:set tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab
:retab