Re: Running a shell command, but only waiting for keypress if its exit status is non-zero?

Dun Peal wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running an external program `foo` from vim via `:!foo`. Whenever I
> do, I see its stdout output scroll by, followed by a "Press ENTER or
> type command to continue" prompt.
>
> I'd like to not get that prompt unless the program's exit status is
> non-zero. Otherwise, it should just signal success and let me keep
> working. I don't care if the output gets dumped to the vim window,
> although ideally there would be a way to disable that too.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks, D
>
>
Perhaps you'd find RunView of interest. It runs the script and posts
its output in a split window.

You may get a new version of RunView, which you can get from:

http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim/index.html#RUNVIEW (beta)

To install, simply:

vim RunView.vba.gz
:so %
:q

Regards,
Chip Campbell

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