On Jul 6, 8:08 pm, robert song <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, everyone. > > Sometimes I want to run grep to search for a function in the source > code, but I don't want it to jump to terminal and wait for the result, > Is there any way to run the external command in background, and I can > see the code at the same time without wasting time to wait for the > result? >
We have a Windows-only tip on the wiki, complete with example code for doing an async grep: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Execute_external_programs_asynchronously_under_Windows For a more general solution, I'd take a look at the plugin Marc pointed you to. It sounds like the plugin uses a similar method (using Vim's client-server features) but most likely the details are significantly different. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
