run programe from gvim

bfkeats · Apprentice Joined: 20 Feb 2004 Posts: 268

I just upgraded to gvim 7. I used to be able to start a program like kdvi from gvim by typing,

didymos · Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 10:25 pm Post subject:

Maybe try a subshell in the background? Make sure it inherits the environment.
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bfkeats · Apprentice Joined: 20 Feb 2004 Posts: 268

I'm not familiar with the concept of a subshell. From http://gentoo-wiki.com/MAN_bash, I understand I can do this by putting the command inside round brackets.

didymos · Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 9:38 pm Post subject:

Yeah. I just wanted to see if that worked or not. I wasn't expecting it to, but it was worth a try.
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bfkeats · Apprentice Joined: 20 Feb 2004 Posts: 268

I've filed a bug here if anyone is interested in following this.