problem opening current file in vim

[tkossak]

Hi, I created command for vim {{file_path:absolute}} but when I run it nothing happens. I would expect the terminal would open with the file opened in vim.
When I change command to kwrite {{file_path:absolute}} then kwrite is opened properly.
What am I missing? Why It doesn't run vim, not even terminal with any kind of error?

I tried:

• entering full vim path: /usr/bin/vim

I use:

• Linux

[Syakhisk]

vim is just a cli program, in order to see it you would need to run it inside a terminal. so try running it with your terminal.
For kitty terminal, I use:

/path/to/kitty nvim

If you use other terminal you might need to pass an arguments before the command, e.g.

/path/to/konsole -e nvim

[Taitava]

Hi! Thank you @tkossak for your question, and thank you @Syakhisk for your answer! 🙂

vim is just a cli program, in order to see it you would need to run it inside a terminal.

This is true. The Shell commands plugin does not open up a terminal window (unless the executed command does), instead it executes shell commands as background processes, so programs requiring a terminal user interface will not work unless a terminal program is first invoked in the shell command itself.

In case your Linux is e.g. Ubuntu, you could try the following terminal paths:

• /usr/bin/xterm vim {{file_path:absolute}}, or
• /usr/bin/gnome-terminal vim {{file_path:absolute}}
• (These paths are found from https://askubuntu.com/a/753070)

When I change command to kwrite {{file_path:absolute}} then kwrite is opened properly.

This is because kwrite is a graphical application, so it does not require a terminal. Those work directly. 🙂

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• I think I could add these instructions somewhere in the documentation.

Edit: I moved the discussion from Debugging and testing to Q & A. 👍

[tkossak]

Thank you very much, /usr/bin/konsole -e vim {{file_path:absolute}} works on my Manjaro KDE perfectly :)