Patch 7.3.203
Problem: MS-Windows: Can't run an external command without a console window.
Solution: Support ":!start /b cmd". (Xaizek)
Files: runtime/doc/os_win32.txt, src/os_win32.c
*** ../mercurial/vim73/runtime/doc/os_win32.txt 2011-01-08 16:05:50.000000000
+0100
--- runtime/doc/os_win32.txt 2011-05-25 17:04:58.000000000 +0200
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*** 313,319 ****
with :!start do not get passed Vim's open file handles, which means they do
not have to be closed before Vim.
To avoid this special treatment, use ":! start".
! The optional "/min" argument causes the window to be minimized.
Q. I'm using Win32s, and when I try to run an external command like "make",
Vim doesn't wait for it to finish! Help!
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with :!start do not get passed Vim's open file handles, which means they do
not have to be closed before Vim.
To avoid this special treatment, use ":! start".
! There are two optional arguments (see the next Q):
! /min the window will be minimized.
! /b" no console window will be opened
! You can only one of these flags at a time. A second second one will be
! treated as the start of the command.
!
! Q. How do I avoid getting a window for programs that I run asynchronously?
! A. You have two possible solutions depending on what exactly do you want:
! 1) You may use the /min flag that would run program in minimized state with
! no other changes. It will work equally for console and GUI applications.
! 2) You can use /b flag to run console applications without creating a
! console window for them (GUI applications are not affected). But you
! should use this flag only if application you run doesn't require any
! input. Otherwise it will get an EOF error because it's input stream
! (stdin) would be redirected to \\.\NUL (stdour and stderr too).
!
! Example for a console application, run Exuberant ctags: >
! :!start /min ctags -R .
! < When it has finished you should see file named "tags" in your current
! directory. You should notice the window title blinking on your taskbar.
! This is more noticable for commands that take longer.
! Now delete the "tags" file and run this command: >
! :!start /b ctags -R .
! < You should have the same "tags" file, but this time there will be no
! blinking on the taskbar.
! Example for a GUI application: >
! :!start /min notepad
! :!start /b notepad
! < The first command runs notepad minimized and the second one runs it
! normally.
Q. I'm using Win32s, and when I try to run an external command like "make",
Vim doesn't wait for it to finish! Help!
*** ../mercurial/vim73/src/os_win32.c 2011-05-05 18:31:54.000000000 +0200
--- src/os_win32.c 2011-05-25 16:45:31.000000000 +0200
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*** 3401,3406 ****
--- 3401,3407 ----
{
STARTUPINFO si;
PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
+ DWORD flags = CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE;
si.cb = sizeof(si);
si.lpReserved = NULL;
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*** 3418,3423 ****
--- 3419,3440 ----
si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
si.wShowWindow = SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE;
}
+ else if ((STRNICMP(cmdbase, "/b", 2) == 0)
+ && vim_iswhite(cmdbase[2]))
+ {
+ cmdbase = skipwhite(cmdbase + 2);
+ flags = CREATE_NO_WINDOW;
+ si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
+ si.hStdInput = CreateFile("\\\\.\\NUL", // File name
+ GENERIC_READ, // Access flags
+ 0, // Share flags
+ NULL, // Security att.
+ OPEN_EXISTING, // Open flags
+ FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, // File att.
+ NULL); // Temp file
+ si.hStdOutput = si.hStdInput;
+ si.hStdError = si.hStdInput;
+ }
/* When the command is in double quotes, but 'shellxquote' is
* empty, keep the double quotes around the command.
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*** 3445,3451 ****
NULL, // Process security attributes
NULL, // Thread security attributes
FALSE, // Inherit handles
! CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE, // Creation flags
NULL, // Environment
NULL, // Current directory
&si, // Startup information
--- 3462,3468 ----
NULL, // Process security attributes
NULL, // Thread security attributes
FALSE, // Inherit handles
! flags, // Creation flags
NULL, // Environment
NULL, // Current directory
&si, // Startup information
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*** 3458,3463 ****
--- 3475,3485 ----
EMSG(_("E371: Command not found"));
#endif
}
+ if (si.hStdInput != NULL)
+ {
+ /* Close the handle to \\.\NUL */
+ CloseHandle(si.hStdInput);
+ }
/* Close the handles to the subprocess, so that it goes away */
CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
*** ../vim-7.3.202/src/version.c 2011-05-25 15:16:06.000000000 +0200
--- src/version.c 2011-05-25 17:05:59.000000000 +0200
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*** 711,712 ****
--- 711,714 ----
{ /* Add new patch number below this line */
+ /**/
+ 203,
/**/
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