I'm not sure if it helps, but you could do it the other way around. MacVim implements the client part of the ODB editor suite [1]. So you could have a MacRuby program that implements the server part and then call MacVim.
Alternatively, it shouldn't be to hard to patch MacVim to implement the server part of the ODB Editor Suite as well. Then the MacRuby program has to implement the client part. -chris [1]: http://www.barebones.com/support/develop/odbsuite.html On 24 mrt 2010, at 22:32, björn wrote: > On 23 March 2010 14:09, Andrew Stewart wrote: >> >> I'd like to get MacVim to give focus to a MacRuby program, which >> accepts some input from the user via a GUI and then returns the input >> (and focus) back to MacVim. >> >> Right now I can get MacVim to execute a non-interactive Ruby program, >> though when I try a console-based interactive Ruby program it simply >> blocks MacVim indefinitely. I think this is because the Ruby is >> trying to interact with the user via stdin, and there's no console as >> such when the program is launched via MacVim. However I don't want to >> get bogged down with this because my real aim is to interact with the >> user via a MacRuby GUI. >> >> So I just wanted to ask, before I embark on this, is it feasible? If >> so, what's the recommended way to launch another program and wait for >> it to return something to MacVim? > > To open some other GUI program you could use (from within MacVim): > > :!open -a ProgramName filename > > Maybe that's enough for your needs. As far as I know there is no > universal way on Mac OS X to wait for a GUI app to finish (let alone > return focus to the calling program). > > Björn > > -- > You received this message from the "vim_mac" 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 > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vim_mac+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words > "REMOVE ME" as the subject. -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vim_mac+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
