From:	garbanzo AT hooked DOT net (Alex)
Subject:	Re: forking vim gui
11 Oct 1997 13:19:09 -0700 :
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On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, Colman Curtin wrote:

> folks
> Having successfully compiled my fav editor vim a while back.
> How come when I launch it as 'gvim' or 'vim -g' which causes vim to fork the
> gui version I get an exception.
> However if I launch it as 'vim -g -f' which launches the gui but doesn't
> return to the shell it work fine.
> But if I launch it as above but use bash to background it 'vim -g -f &' it all
> works fine and I get bash back?

Under Win95, a program can't fork() or vfork() into the background,
without raising an exception.  NT will allow this as long as the shell
remains open (I think).  Using an '&' will not cause the launching program
to fork, thus allowing it to work.
 
- alex

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