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neovim does not support running external programs that have an UI with `!` So, no.

• ablob 2y ago
  I am confused. I tried it with glxgears and it appears to work. It even prints its output (and reading it into the buffer works as well). So what do you mean when you say that it does not support running external programs with a UI?
  • laktak 2y ago
    I meant a text UI, something like lf or ranger that displays a TUI. The nvim terminal does not work 100% for that use case. In vim I can just run lf to select a file and then return to vim.
• kbrkbr 2y ago
  How come I can run !evince filename.pdf when editing latex files in nvim after compiling? And, but that does not defeat your point, :term shoots up a terminal in both under Linux.
• lawn 2y ago
  Yes it does, just not interactively.