Yakov Lerner wrote:
> :help :! says: > :silent !{cmd} > The screen is not redrawn then, thus you have to use > CTRL-L or ":redraw!" if the command did display something. > > The last part ("if the command did display something") is not true. > In console vim, screen is always grabled after ':silent !CMD" > even if CMD did not print anything. (try ':silent !true' after ':help > help'). > The correct wording would be: > > :silent !{cmd} > The screen is not redrawn then, thus you have to use > CTRL-L or ":redraw!" even if the command did not display anything. The docs are correct, ":silent !true" doesn't mess up the display for me. Check your shell init scripts for something that produces output. -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 14. You start introducing yourself as "Jim at I-I-Net dot net dot au" /// Bram Moolenaar -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---