From c6326fe2e28a78be37ab0e79b28a809de5d7705b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marco Hinz Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 17:17:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Terminology: Vim script? Vimscript? VimL? --- .travis.yml | 1 - README.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml index c36feea..f8a5b8b 100644 --- a/.travis.yml +++ b/.travis.yml @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ -sudo: false os: linux language: go diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8670738..6bdca2d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ - [Newline used for NUL](#newline-used-for-nul) +### [Terminology](#terminology-1) + +- [Vim script? Vimscript? VimL?](#vim-script-vimscript-viml) + ### [List of colorschemes](PLUGINS.md#colorschemes-1) ### [List of plugins](PLUGINS.md) @@ -2785,3 +2789,14 @@ displayed in a buffer as `^@`. See `man 7 ascii` and `:h NL-used-for-Nul` for more information. +# Terminology + +## Vim script? Vimscript? VimL? + +`Vim script`, `Vimscript`, and `VimL` all refer to the same thing: The +programming language used for scripting Vim. Even though +[8.0.360](https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/b544f3c81f1e6a50322855681ac266ffaa8e313c) +changed all references to `VimL` to `Vim script`, which can now be considered +the official term, `VimL` is still widespread all over the internet. + +No matter which term you use, everyone will understand it.