I am wondering whether vim has something like an API used by other programs. For example, a command that allows other programs to set vim states or insert particular characters at particular position when using vim.
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I am wondering whether vim has something like an API used by other programs. For example, a command that allows other programs to set vim states or insert particular characters at particular position when using vim.
Vim has a socket interface which was originally implemented for netbeans and allows integration into a development environment, such as using breakpoints with a debugger (see
:help netbeans).There’s also the client-server interface which lets vim send/accept commands over a socket (see
:help clientserver).