[vim/vim] GVIM90 vs GVIM92 as external editor for Cadence Design Entry HDL (Issue #20880)
RickT4n
RickT4n created an issue (vim/vim#20880)Steps to reproduce
GVIM90 on Cadence Design Entry HDL
When selecting text, and invoking GVIM90 as the external text editor, GVIM90 would launch with a window with the selected text. The changes can be made in GVIM and then saved, and Cadence Design Entry HDL would get the changed text.
GVIM92 will only open a blank window.
Expected behaviour
Expected behavior is GVIM92 would launch a window with the selected text
Version of Vim
gvim_9.2.0000
Environment
Windows 11 Enterprise
Logs and stack traces
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Christian Brabandt
chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#20880)not enough information. What filename was passed to Vim? Are you able to access it?
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RickT4n
RickT4n left a comment (vim/vim#20880)It whatever Cadence Design Entry HDL gives it, and its never the same.
My guess is the selected text is given a buffer by HDL and that is passed to the external text editor.
Would a video of gvim90 working and gvim92 not working help?
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chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#20880)sure, but make sure to show the argument it was called with: :echo argv() and also the current buffer name: 1<C-g>
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RickT4n
RickT4n left a comment (vim/vim#20880)Definitely gvim92 is doing something different than gvim90.
Gvim90 opens a window with the selected text to change.
Gvim92 opens a window, but it's a blank window [NEW]
For Run#2 with gvim92.exe
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sure, but make sure to show the argument it was called with: :echo argv() and also the current buffer name: 1<C-g>
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Christian Brabandt
chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#20880)Please trim your answers, so it is easier to read and please provide answers to the given question:
make sure to show the argument it was called with: :echo argv() and also the current buffer name: 1
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