Reload Google Chrome from Vim

ChromeReload.vim

function! ChromeReload()
  let applescript = "-e \"tell application \\\"Google Chrome\\\" to tell the active tab of its first window \r
        \reload \r
        \end tell \r
        \tell application \\\"Google Chrome\\\" to activate\""
  silent exec "!osascript " . applescript
endfunction

command! ChromeReload call ChromeReload()

Like the @zachwill's version, this reloads the active tab of Chrome. However, instead of passing the Applescript to Python, it just sends it as a regular shell command, meaning that if your VIM isn't compiled with a language, this script will work (provided that you are using OS X). To launch it more easily, you can map it:

" ,g to reload Google Chrome
nnoremap <leader>g :ChromeReload<CR>

Also, if your into submodules in your VIM config, you can also add this as a submodule, since all gist are actually git repos:

# In the root of your git repo: 
git submodule add git://gist.github.com/2369894.git path/to/your/submodules/folder/ChromeReload-vim