This let me run it without blocking. It redirects the stdout and stderr if i recall it correct.
"vi > /dev/null 2>&1 &" Matthias Rebbe free tools for Livecoders: InstaMaker <https://instamaker.dermattes.de/> WinSignMaker Mac <https://winsignhelper.dermattes.de/> > Am 01.08.2019 um 13:55 schrieb David Bovill via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: > > The challenge is to figure out a technique we can use in Livecode to be > able to call long running shell processes (typically something like an http > server process) without blocking Livecode. > > To test this without asking anyone to install some cli I thought we could > try it with an existing long running process that everyone should have in > their terminal - vi > > So how do you: > > *put* shell ("vi") > > I've tested this and it does not crash here on latest OSX. You do have to > type command-period a few times to unblock things - but it is more or less > safe to try in the message box. > > I've also tried: > > *put* shell ("vi &") > > The aim is to out the process in the background, or some other technique - > like make a bash script that contains the line that launches vi (ie "vi") - > or perhaps uses screen or tmux, or some trick in Livecode (open process > does not work for this on OSX)... > > Who can crack this tricky nut :) > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
