Gary Johnson wrote:
> I just started using the 'guioptions' '!' flag when running gvim for > Windows. It's much less distracting to have the output of a shell > command appear at the bottom of the current window than to see it in > a separate console window. > > However, I've noticed an apparent inconsistency in how the '!' flag > is applied. For example, > > :!echo hello > > prints "hello" at the bottom of the current gvim window, but > > :w !echo hello > > prints "hello" in a new console window. > > I would think that the '!' flag would cause the output of the latter > command to also appear at the bottom of the gvim window. Is there > some reason that this shouldn't be "fixed"? There is a todo item in the code, src/os_win32.c around line 4800: // TODO: make the terminal window work with input or output redirected. I don't know how difficult it would be to implement. -- Veni, Vidi, Video -- I came, I saw, I taped what I saw. /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// \\\ \\\ sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/20220323115018.935AC1C0497%40moolenaar.net.
