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| author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2017-03-21 19:29:26 +0100 |
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| committer | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2017-03-21 19:29:26 +0100 |
| commit | b2964f2570574b4c66f3645d69956fec99f2af3e (patch) | |
| tree | 931053bca6d081b52f446469f3faa2c07371a781 /runtime/doc/os_win32.txt | |
| parent | 3c2881dc1195f53ebafc387378399ddd6cb677a7 (diff) | |
| download | vim-b2964f2570574b4c66f3645d69956fec99f2af3e.zip | |
patch 8.0.0501: on MS-Windows ":!start" does not work as expected
Problem: On MS-Windows ":!start" does not work as expected.
Solution: When creating a process fails try passing the argument to
ShellExecute(). (Katsuya Hino, closes #1570)
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime/doc/os_win32.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/os_win32.txt | 17 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/os_win32.txt b/runtime/doc/os_win32.txt index 735754282..663087b96 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/os_win32.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/os_win32.txt @@ -212,10 +212,19 @@ A. You can't! This is a limitation of the NT console. NT 5.0 is reported to be able to set the blink rate for all console windows at the same time. *:!start* -Q. How can I run an external command or program asynchronously? -A. When using :! to run an external command, you can run it with "start": > - :!start winfile.exe<CR> -< Using "start" stops Vim switching to another screen, opening a new console, +Q. How can I asynchronously run an external command or program, or open a + document or URL with its default program? +A. When using :! to run an external command, you can run it with "start". For + example, to run notepad: > + :!start notepad +< To open "image.jpg" with the default image viewer: > + :!start image.jpg +< To open the folder of the current file in Windows Explorer: > + :!start %:h +< To open the Vim home page with the default browser: > + :!start http://www.vim.org/ +< + Using "start" stops Vim switching to another screen, opening a new console, or waiting for the program to complete; it indicates that you are running a program that does not affect the files you are editing. Programs begun with :!start do not get passed Vim's open file handles, which means they do |