Questions tagged [job-control]
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prevent line wrap in terminal buffer
I can easily see the output of a command in a split using vim's terminal
For example, I use :vertical terminal make re a lot.
This example is also stated in the help (h :terminal):
Or to run build ...
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How to start an async function in Vim 8?
I've known that Vim 8 provides us an async mechanism job_start so that we can start a command asynchronously and get its return with the help of channel.
However, it seems that job_start can only ...
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job_start() command only works with seemingly random job options
I am getting some unexpected behavior when trying to run the zip shell command using Vim's job_start().
As an example, suppose I have two images (im1.png and im2.jpg) in the directory /home/username/...
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Vim Script: How to pass Varargs to a lambda in timer_start
I'm configuring my vim with Vim Script.
I have set my own custom grep function as below:
function! CustomGrepCore(...)
if a:0 == 0
" do something
else if a:0 == 1
" ...
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How to flush job output in vim8?
Trying to do something with job output in exit_cb or close_cb, but it's all buffered, how to flush it. e.g.:
function! s:exit_cb(job, status)
echom getbufline(s:bufnr, '$')
endfunction
function! s:...
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