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Vim scriptease

scriptease.vim: A Vim plugin for Vim plugins

From tpope·Updated May 23, 2026·View on GitHub·

I make so many Vim plugins I had to make a Vim plugin for making Vim plugins. The project is written primarily in Vim Script, first published in 2012.

scriptease.vim

I make so many Vim plugins I had to make a Vim plugin for making Vim plugins.

Features

  • :PP: Pretty print. With no argument, acts as a REPL.
  • :Runtime: Reload runtime files. Like :runtime!, but it unlets any
    include guards first.
  • :Disarm: Remove a runtime file's maps, commands, and autocommands,
    effectively disabling it.
  • :Scriptnames: Load :scriptnames into the quickfix list.
  • :Messages: Load :messages into the quickfix list, with stack trace
    parsing.
  • :Verbose: Capture the output of a :verbose invocation into the preview
    window.
  • :Time: Measure how long a command takes.
  • :Breakadd: Like its lowercase cousin, but makes it much easier to set
    breakpoints inside functions. Also :Breakdel.
  • :Vedit: Edit a file relative the runtime path. For example,
    :Vedit plugin/scriptease.vim. Also, :Vsplit, :Vtabedit, etc.
    Extracted from pathogen.vim.
  • K: Look up the :help for the VimL construct under the cursor.
  • zS: Show the active syntax highlighting groups under the cursor.
  • g=: Eval a motion or selection as VimL and replace it with the result.
    This is handy for doing math, even outside of VimL.
  • Projections for
    projectionist.vim.

See the :help for details.

Installation

Install using your favorite package manager, or use Vim's built-in package
support:

mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/tpope/start
cd ~/.vim/pack/tpope/start
git clone https://tpope.io/vim/scriptease.git
vim -u NONE -c "helptags scriptease/doc" -c q

Once help tags have been generated, you can view the manual with
:help scriptease.

Contributing

See the contribution guidelines for
pathogen.vim.

Self-Promotion

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License

Copyright (c) Tim Pope. Distributed under the same terms as Vim itself.
See :help license.

Contributors

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