On Sep 30, 3:32 am, sc <tooth...@swbell.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 September 2009, newbie wrote:
>
> > Currently, if you run a command through a shell :! {cmd},
> > the output appears from the bottom of the window with full
> > width, and if the output is long, it occupies the entire
> > window, and meanwhile you can't see the text you were
> > editing, after it finishes, you press Enter to get back to
> > editing. Is there a way to limit the height of the output
> > from shell, so even if the output is lengthy, it only
> > occupies a certain amount of lines in the bottom, while the
> > text is still visible on the top? Hope I said it clear.
>
> you could include "| tail -5" in your command
>
> or maybe you'd need "\| tail -5"
Thanks. This could be a solution, although I would much prefer we can
do this from vim. Looks like there is no easy way..
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