Python in Vim buffer?

Question

Is it possible to have a Python interpreter open in a Vim buffer? Something like:

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|  my python script    |
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|  python interpreter  |
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Right now I have Vim open and a separate interpreter open. I saw the answer to this and was blown away.

Anyway, thanks for the help and if there is something I can just google then point me in that direction.

Answer 1

Check out Pimp. Also, read this related question.

Answer 2

what you want is have a vim window act as a terminal. AFAIK vim can't do this (yet?). otoh, if you aren't wed to vim (yet), try emacs, which does have that feature.

Answer 3

No, you can't run a shell in Vim by default. That's by design.

However, there are a handful of ways to accomplish this:

• GNU Screen and using windows
• The Vim-Shell patch
• Vim scripts like Conque

Answer 4

You could have a look at PIDA. Not exactly what you asked for but it is a Python IDE that embeds vim so might do the trick.

Answer 5

Looks like this vim plugin seems to do the job.

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script%5Fid=2043