Re: How to execute script from cmdline without Vim window

On 2012-09-12, Timothy Madden wrote:
> On 09/11/2012 05:37 PM, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> [...]
> >That build script consists only of ex-commands, so you can omit the
> >leading colons and run Vim in batch mode as follows:
> >
> > vim -esS build.vim
> >
> >see
> > :help -e
> > :help -s-ex
> > :help -S
> >
> >If you want your vimrc to be used, you will need to explicitly add a -u
> >argument for it.
> >
> >You don't need a GUI, so no need to use gvim. If you don't _have_ a
> >Console Vim (and are on Windows), well, I don't know if you can avoid
> >opening the GUI. But you can try replacing vim by gvim in the above
> >command.
>
> I tried with vim instead of gvim and with the -esS build.vim
> arguments. While it is true I no longer get the window, now vim exits
> with the return code 2 and I get no vimball built.
>
> I suspect vim no longer loads plugins with the above switches, so my
> %MkVimball vcscommand-repack
> command no longer works.ā

Right, the -s switch inhibits initialization as the help entry says.
So you can get rid of the -s at the expense of seeing more messages,
or you can keep the -s switch and load your plugins another way,
e.g. (untested),

vim -N -E -s --cmd 'runtime plugin/vimballPlugin.vim' -c '%MkVimball vcscommand-repack' -c q

Regards,
Gary

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