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I am editing a DocBook XML file and want to validate it by running a custom command validate_cmd. In my plugin, I'm running the following:

let term_buff_no = term_start(validate_cmd, {'term_rows': 10})

The problem is that I don't want vim to focus the newly opened terminal buffer but instead keep the editing buffer opened and continue working. How to do that?

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  • What about :normal! <C-w>p?
    – husB
    Jun 22, 2022 at 14:15
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    @husB aka :wincmd p
    – D. Ben Knoble
    Jun 22, 2022 at 16:20

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After the terminal buffer is opened, you can switch back to the previous window with the keys <C-w>p.

For non-interactive use (such as in a script), you may append those keystrokes with :normal! <C-w>p. Equivalently -- as Ben mentioned in the comments -- you may use :wincmd p.


FYI, from the documentation of :normal,

:norm[al][!] {commands}                 *:norm* *:normal*
            Execute Normal mode commands {commands}.  This makes
            it possible to execute Normal mode commands typed on
            the command-line.  

            If the [!] is given, mappings will not be used.

and from the documentation of :wincmd,

:[count]winc[md] {arg}
        Like executing CTRL-W [count] {arg}.

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