On Jul 14, 6:09 am, Peter Odding <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There is some info in the following: > >http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Execute_external_programs_asynchronously_un... > > Thanks for your suggestion John. When I initially followed the link > above I didn't realize that :!start ... is a special case on Vim for > Windows so I assumed that :!start ... was just a shorthand for :!cmd /c > start ... and because that doesn't DWIM I didn't respond to your reply. > > Since then I've realized that :!start is almost what I need, because it > does run external programs asynchronously without blocking Vim. However > if you execute a command-line program (like Exuberant Ctags) the :!start > ... command still opens a command prompt window, and contrary to :call > system('...') the command prompt window is now actually positioned in > front and above of Vim's main window, thereby undermining the whole > point of not blocking Vim :-( (tested on Windows XP SP3, Vim 7.2). >
Hence, the use of z':!start /min" in the tip John linked you to :-) -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
