Tip #307: annoying "Hit any key to close this window..."

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created:		August 11, 2002 5:57		complexity:		basic
author:		Chia-po Wei		as of Vim:		6.0

i use gvim and bash heavily under win98. i have let $HOME = substitute($HOME, '\', '/', 'g') set shell=bash\ --rcfile\ \"$HOME\"_bashrc\ -i in my _vimrc, and something like function br() { if [ $1 ]; then explorer.exe ${1//\//\\} else explorer.exe ${PWD//\//\\} fi } in my _bashrc. when i finish editing one html file, i simply type :!br % everything works fine now. but when :!br % executes, one console window will bump out and wait me to press some key to contiue. i consider this quiet annoying. i want the console window to disappear automatically if no fault has happened. does anyone know how to achieve this? thanks.

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ephemera@pchome.com.tw, August 11, 2002 8:57

i find set shell=bash\ -i can replace set shell=bash\ --rcfile\ \"$HOME\"_bashrc\ -i as long as $HOME is properly set Chia-po Wei

none, August 12, 2002 5:54

I think a tip is supposed to ANSWER a question, not pose one.

Anonymous, August 12, 2002 9:39

Obviously, none don't know.

SpiceMan, August 14, 2002 10:32

instead of using :!br % use :silent !br % that'll do it, just asign it to a key ;)

ephemera, August 18, 2002 6:03

thanks to SpiceMan :p i feel sorry to pose my problem here. but i think the description of my problem may be helpful to someone using both bash and vim.

jdsumsion, September 9, 2002 9:07

Try recompiling the source for vimrun -- it is the program that runs and displays the "Hit any key to close this window..." message.




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