Lisp in Vim (2019)
The article discusses the evolution of Lisp programming in Vim over the past fifteen years. It highlights the development of two key plugins, Slimv and Vlime, which enhance the experience of coding in Lisp within the Vim editor. The author provides insights into getting started with these plugins and their features, while also offering a comparison between them.
- ▪Fifteen years ago, writing Lisp code in Vim lacked effective plugins for structured editing and interactive programming.
- ▪The Slimv and Vlime plugins have been developed to support interactive programming in Lisp within Vim.
- ▪The article includes a comparison of Slimv and Vlime, along with guidance on how to use them.
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| Original publisher | Susam |
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| Publication time | Sat, 23 May 2026 14:55:59 +0000 |
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Lisp in Vim By Susam Pal on 07 Dec 2019 Introduction Fifteen years ago, writing Lisp code in Vim was an odd adventure. There were no good plugins for Vim that assisted in structured editing of Lisp s-expressions or allowed interactive programming by embedding a Lisp Read-Eval-Print-Loop (REPL) or a debugger within the editor. The situation has improved a lot since then. In the last ten years, we have seen active development of two Vim plugins named Slimv and Vlime. Slimv is over 10 years old now. Vlime is more recent and less than 3 years old right now. Both support interactive programming in Lisp. I am going to discuss and compare both Slimv and Vlime in this article. I will show how to get started with both plugins and introduce some of their basic features.
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