Hello list, Tony and Albie, thanks for your suggestions. Till today I didn't know for the reasonable restrictions on allowing interactive programs in Vim . It seems to me that the vim_shell extension/script should satisfy my wishes.
Best regards, Dan > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: "A.J.Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Gesendet: 13.01.07 14:17:20 > An: Popovic Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: vim@vim.org > Betreff: Re: use mesg/write out from Vim > Popovic Dan wrote: > > Hi dear list memebers, > > > > i was wondering wether a "chat" whith Vim is possible or if a vim script > > for this yet exists: > > > > I often "chat" with other users via the shell command "write". Since I know > > one kann execute any shell command inside vim, i ask > > myself if it is possible to have a "chat"-window within Vim, where one can > > see incoming messages (which have to be directed from > > any tty to Vim then, of course) or where one can write messages to other > > users. > > Has anyone done/used this before? > > --- > > Another not Vim-related question I will post for I know you Vimmers are all > > very used to this tricky little tools ;): > > > > Using "write" one can see the messages which have been sent until now, > > therefor they have to be saved in any (text)file, I suppose. > > Does anyone know where I can find them? > > > > Thanks so much for your help and best regards to all, > > Dan > > > "Standard" Vim (as compiled from Bram Moolenaar's "official" sources) does > not, and will not, allow embedding an interactive program in one of its > windows. This is stated explicitly at ":help shell-window", and I think I can > confidently extend it to any interactive program. The shell can be invoked > interactively from Vim, but not in a Vim window; _batch_ programs can be > invoked from Vim, and even their output pasted into a Vim window. > > See > :help filter > :help :r! > :help :! > :help :shell > > In a multiprogram environment like Windows, Mac or X11, you can have gvim > running in one window, and any other program running in an other window, next > to it or overlapping in any way you choose, and you can transfer text from > one > to the other via the clipboard. > > This said, there has been some work done, unofficially, to patch the Vim C > code in order to allow embedding a shell window into it. I don't know how far > the work has gone, nor whether it is kept current with the successive > patchlevels of "official" Vim. > > > Best regards, > Tony. > -- Dan Popovic Klausenpfad 22; 69121 Heidelberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tel. 06221/7282102 oder 01743036428 http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~dpopovi2/index.html ______________________________________________________________________ XXL-Speicher, PC-Virenschutz, Spartarife & mehr: Nur im WEB.DE Club! Jetzt gratis testen! http://freemail.web.de/home/landingpad/?mc=021130
