if the hidden buffer you want to update was started with the --servername argument you can send it commands using the --remote-send option
On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Kay Z. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm, seems no one's interested, and the most recent discussion that I can > find on this topic goes back to 2015: > > https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/2750 > > There may have been little motivation to update buffers in the background, > but with the async channel APIs in place, I think we need such > functionality now. All the current solutions (that I'm aware of) are > basically dirty hacks. > > IIRC, the Python API can update any existing buffer, not just the current > one. So why can't we have this nice ability in Vimscript? Are there any > special reasons? > > -- > -- > 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 > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
