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diff runtime/doc/terminal.txt @ 11965:a932d3da41c8 v8.0.0863
patch 8.0.0863: a remote command does not work in the terminal window
commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/69198197fd4b061be7cadcf441cd8a7246a17148
Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date: Sat Aug 5 14:10:48 2017 +0200
patch 8.0.0863: a remote command does not work in the terminal window
Problem: A remote command starting with CTRL-\ CTRL-N does not work in the
terminal window. (Christian J. Robinson)
Solution: Use CTRL-\ CTRL-N as a prefix or a Normal mode command.
| author | Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 05 Aug 2017 14:15:04 +0200 |
| parents | 4f7081eb1e26 |
| children | 12833414cc02 |
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--- a/runtime/doc/terminal.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/terminal.txt @@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ the job. For example: 'termkey' . send a CTRL-W to the job in the terminal 'termkey' N go to terminal Normal mode, see below 'termkey' CTRL-N same as CTRL-W N + *t_CTRL-\_CTRL-N* +The special key combination CTRL-\ CTRL-N can be used to prefix one Normal +mode command. This is especially useful for remote commands, when you don't +know whether Vim currently has focus in a terminal window. Note that only one +Normal mode command can be used. Size ~ @@ -142,6 +147,23 @@ displayed. In Terminal mode the statusline and window title show "(Terminal)". If the job ends while in Terminal mode this changes to "(Terminal-finished)". +Environment variables are used to pass information to the running job: + TERM name of the terminal, 'term' + ROWS number of rows in the terminal initially + LINES same as ROWS + COLUMNS number of columns in the terminal initially + COLORS number of colors, 't_Co' (256*256*256 in the GUI) + VIM_SERVERNAME v:servername + +The |client-server| feature can be used to communicate with the Vim instance +where the job was started. This only works when v:servername is not empty. +If needed you can set it with: > + call remote_startserver('vim-server') + +In the job you can then do something like: > + vim --servername $VIM_SERVERNAME --remote +123 some_file.c +This will open the file "some_file.c" and put the cursor on line 123. + Unix ~