[vim/vim] Always launch programs in background (linux) (PR #19293)
Mateo Gjika
It's best to do this unconditionally since it's the function is meant to launch (possibly non-blocking) GUI programs.
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- c12849e Always launch programs in background (linux)
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Christian Brabandt
chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#19293)Well, what about terminal only users that want to launch say w3m?
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Mateo Gjika
mateoxh left a comment (vim/vim#19293)In :h :Launch it says the command it's only intended for GUI programs. We can change the help and recommend to use :! for running terminal programs?
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Mateo Gjika
mateoxh left a comment (vim/vim#19293)I encountered this bug again, depending on your system and firefox version gx (which depends on this) freezes Vim. Same thing for some pdf viewers.
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dkearns left a comment (vim/vim#19293)Ping @Konfekt
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Enno
Konfekt left a comment (vim/vim#19293)In :h :Launch it says the command it's only intended for GUI programs
Yes, so it should be backgrounded, that's the value proposition of :Launch or :!
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