patch 8.0.0716: not easy to start Vim cleanly commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c4da113ef98dcfd6f2a088b1693c0317dcb5bf42 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Jul 15 19:39:43 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0716: not easy to start Vim cleanly Problem: Not easy to start Vim cleanly without changing the viminfo file. Not possible to know whether the -i command line flag was used. Solution: Add the --clean command line argument. Add the 'viminfofile' option. Add "-u DEFAULTS".

#!/usr/bin/python
#
# Program that writes a number to stdout repeatedly
#
# This requires Python 2.6 or later.

from __future__ import print_function
import sys
import time

if __name__ == "__main__":

    done = 0
    while done < 10:
        done = done + 1
        print(done)
        sys.stdout.flush()
        time.sleep(0.05)  # sleep 50 msec