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tarruda
on Jan 14, 2014
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An experimental Vim fork with multi-threading capa...
I agree, but how do you get notified that 'long-process' finished running?
Even if you poll using CursorHold-like hacks the user still needs to type something.
dllthomas
on Jan 15, 2014
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:!{ long-process ; notify-send "done" ; } &
tarruda
on Jan 15, 2014
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All that does is display a popup on the desktop, it does nothing to notify/callback to the vimscript code that started the process
dllthomas
on Jan 15, 2014
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Yes. For many things that's what you want. I wasn't trying to say "this will meet all needs and make this entire discussion irrelevant"; I was posting lest anyone find it interesting/useful.
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Even if you poll using CursorHold-like hacks the user still needs to type something.