Re: what does & mean in the vim command?

Le mercredi 08 juillet 2015 à 08:00, elearn2014@gmail.com a écrit:
> Here is a viim command
>
> nnoremap <silent> <F6>f :!firefox 'http://127.0.0.1/%:t' &<CR>
>
> What does &<CR> in the end of the command mean?

"<CR>" is simply return; without it, the mapping would enter the
commandline but not execute it. As for "&", it is used to run jobs in
the background in Linux, so Vim doesn't hang.

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