[OT] Vim and stdin [Re: Terminal VIM run from xargs...]

Micah Cowan <[email protected]> Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:33:17 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.screen
Message-ID <49C15A8D.5050409__44839.3423263498$1238089178$gmane$org@cowan.name>
Erik Falor wrote:
> I've never gotten Vim to work interactively when on the
> receiving end of a pipe.

Try "<something> | vim -". Vim will interpret stdin as a file to be
read, and attempt to look elsewhere for the controlling term.

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