patch 8.0.0492: a failing client-server request can make Vim hang commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/81b9d0bd5c705815e903e671e81b0b05828efd9c Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Mar 19 21:20:53 2017 +0100 patch 8.0.0492: a failing client-server request can make Vim hang Problem: A failing client-server request can make Vim hang. Solution: Add a timeout argument to functions that wait.

#!/bin/csh
#
# Shell script for use with UNIX
# Starts up Vim with the terminal in 132 column mode
# Only works on VT-100 terminals and lookalikes
# You need to have a termcap entry "vt100-w". Same as vt100 but 132 columns.
#
set oldterm=$term
echo "[?3h"
setenv TERM vt100-w
vim $*
set term=$oldterm
echo "[?3l"