Vim 7.3 with Lua: How do I use it?

Question

The latest Vim release is awesome!

I compiled it with --enable-luainterp=yes and it does have the Lua feature:

% gvim --version | egrep '\+lua'
+linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap +lua +menu +mksession +modify_fname 

But how do I actually use it? Up until now, I was always using Vim script for my files, but how do I let it interpret Lua? And what are the bindings that I can use from inside Lua?

Solution

So Vim 7.3 is new enough that there isn't much information about the Lua integration. However, vim has had similar support for python, ruby, perl, and tcl. So:

Simple tutorial for python

Another python guide

As well as example tutorials for the other languages, you should definitely read the vim help for Lua, do

 :h lua

to see comprehensive help and some examples. Have fun!

Comments

[Admin]

I'm assuming you mean vim 7.3?

[Admin]

Of course, silly me...

[polemon]

Yup, there's not much info about Lua scripting out there, but I can transfer from the Python guides.