How to create short snippets in Vim?

Question

I have recently started using Vim as my text editor and am currently working on my own customizations.

I suppose keyboard mappings can do pretty much anything, but f

Answer 1

Snipmate - like texmate :) http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2540

video: http://vimeo.com/3535418

snippet def 
     """ ${1:docstring} """
     def ${2:name}:
         return ${3:value}