~razzi/dev-env#3: vim terminal nested vim from command line

~razzi/dev-env#3:

vim terminal nested vim from command line

Rather than opening a file in the first vim editor, running vim from the vim :terminal will open a new vim within it. This vim has conflicts in keybindings and modes with the original one. The solution here is to use some sort of combination of vim server and vim terminal communication: https://vimhelp.org/terminal.txt.html#terminal-api

Status: RESOLVED CLOSED
Submitter: ~razzi
Assigned to: No-one
Submitted: 1 year, 7 months ago
Updated: a year ago
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~razzi REPORTED CLOSED a year ago

Much simpler, if vim detects it is in vim terminal, call edit with the filename in the parent vim:
if !empty($VIM_TERMINAL)
  let tapi_args = '["call", "Tapi_TerminalEdit", ["' . argv()[0] . '"]]'
  let escaped_args = '\033]51;' . tapi_args . '\x07'
  execute "!echo -e '" . escaped_args . "'"
endif