On 16/03/09 03:20, John Little wrote: > > On Mar 16, 12:58 am, Spiros wrote: >>>> :%! some_executable >>>> the executable becomes a zombie after it terminates and >>>> remains a zombie until I exit vim. >> >> Ubuntu GNU/Linux. >> The version from the /var/lib/dpkg/status file is >> Version: 1:7.0-035+1ubuntu5 > > That's the version, 7.0.135, in Ubuntu 8.04, aka Hardy, and is quite > old now (October 2006). > In my 8.10 Intrepid system, there is 7.1.314 (June 08) from the > repositories, and 7.2.141 compiled from the source, and I don't see > your problem. > > Regards, John
Ever since I bought this computer, I've been using own-compiled builds of Vim 7.x on it (currently 7.2.141), with openSUSE Linux 10.1 to (currently) 11.1, and the only zombies I've ever seen are "netstat" zombies created (as shown by their PPID) by Firefox 2. No other zombies whatsoever. That's as shown by the "top" program, which gives the number of zombies in its heading, and lists them at top if sorted "descending" (Z to R) on the "S" (status) column. (I don't know if it's relevant, but I use Console Vim much less than gvim, and when I do it's almost always the GUI-enabled binary which I also run as gvim.) Spiros, if you're interested in compiling your own Vim for Linux, check my HowTo page, http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compunix.htm Best regards, Tony. -- Happiness is having a scratch for every itch. -- Ogden Nash --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
