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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.
by tarruda 13y ago
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 13y ago:!{ long-process ; notify-send "done" ; } &
- tarruda 13y agoAll that does is display a popup on the desktop, it does nothing to notify/callback to the vimscript code that started the process
- dllthomas 13y agoYes. 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.