Re: Is there any way to update a buffer in the background?

if the hidden buffer you want to update was started with the --servername argument you can send it commands using the --remote-send option

On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Kay Z. <l04m33@gmail.com> wrote:

Hmm, seems no one's interested, and the most recent discussion that I can find on this topic goes back to 2015:

    https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/2750

There may have been little motivation to update buffers in the background, but with the async channel APIs in place, I think we need such functionality now. All the current solutions (that I'm aware of) are basically dirty hacks.

IIRC, the Python API can update any existing buffer, not just the current one. So why can't we have this nice ability in Vimscript? Are there any special reasons?

--
--
You received this message from the "vim_use" 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_use" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

--
--
You received this message from the "vim_use" 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_use" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.