Hi Bram, On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 12:27 PM Bram Moolenaar <b...@moolenaar.net> wrote: > > > > On 6/5/19 2:58 PM, Yegappan Lakshmanan wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Based on the discussion threads in Vim reddit, it looks like users are > > > trying > > > to use the Vim terminal support as a replacement for screen/tmux. > > > One of the key features that is currently missing in Vim is the ability > > > to detach and reattach terminals. I think, this will be a useful feature > > > to add. > > > > > > - Yegappan > > > > > Do you mean detaching vim from the parent terminal or detaching vim's > > inner :terminal(s)? There is a small C program > > https://github.com/crigler/dtach which handles only the detach feature > > of screen/tmux (at least for some subset of linux terminals). Plausibly > > it could be embedded right into vim though I'm not sure if that's > > appropriate. > > Why not simply use: > :term tmux > > and > :term tmux attach >
Vim has many of the terminal functionality found in tmux, so it can be used without tmux. One of the key functionality missing currently is detaching the terminal and reattaching it later. Regards, Yegappan -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/CAAW7x7m0AD0edn-7FMKt3PkxV6gRVkd%2BFeNUQzfhdsYF_PNNVA%40mail.gmail.com.
