[SOLVED] Striking End key within vim prints 'F' (GUI terminal).

stf92 · 10-22-2014, 01:00 PM

Thanks, keefaz. Bugs happen all the time! I now see I made a lot of work without giving proper thinking to the overall process. I intended to decide whether to invoke vim with or without TERM=linux-m with the final if in the script:

Code:

if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
    ## TERM=linux-m, call vim, restaure TERM

else
    ## Xnotrunning, call vim.
fi
exit

Wrong! I should ask FROM WHERE I am invoking vim, if from a vc (virtual console) or from /usr/bin/Terminal, which is an X application. But it was an exercise after all.

stf92 · 10-22-2014, 02:03 PM

The solution was straightforward.

Code:

bill@server:/usr/local/bin$ cat bw.sh
#!/bin/sh

if [ $PPID -eq 1 ]
then
    # Do this for the linux console (virtual terminals)
    AUX=$TERM
    TERM=linux-m
    vim $1
    TERM=$AUX
else
    # I am in the GUI
     vim $1
fi
bill@server:/usr/local/bin$