27 lines
1.2 KiB
VimL
27 lines
1.2 KiB
VimL
" This callback will be executed when the entire command is completed
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function! BackgroundCommandClose(channel)
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" Read the output from the command into the quickfix window
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unlet g:backgroundCommandOutput
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endfunction
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function! RunBackgroundCommand(command)
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" Make sure we're running VIM version 8 or higher.
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if v:version < 800
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echoerr 'RunBackgroundCommand requires VIM version 8 or higher'
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return
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endif
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if exists('g:backgroundCommandOutput')
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echo 'Already running task in background'
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else
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echo 'Running task in background'
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" Launch the job.
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" Notice that we're only capturing out, and not err here. This is because, for some reason, the callback
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" will not actually get hit if we write err out to the same file. Not sure if I'm doing this wrong or?
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let g:backgroundCommandOutput = tempname()
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call job_start(a:command, {'close_cb': 'BackgroundCommandClose', 'out_io': 'file', 'out_name': g:backgroundCommandOutput})
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endif
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endfunction
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" So we can use :BackgroundCommand to call our function.
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command! -nargs=+ -complete=shellcmd RunBackgroundCommand call RunBackgroundCommand(<q-args>)
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