Vim 8.1 Adds Support For Running A Terminal In The Vim Window

[hoohoo]

yeah next version will replace systemd and will run with PID 1.

Sounds good - Vi is a text editor, so no more binary logfiles from systemd!

[hoohoo]

If you are on a physical machine you can usually Ctrl+Alt+F1 (or F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7) to switch between 7 different terminals.

If you are on SSH you can just open all other sessions you feel like opening to have more than one terminal window.

If you are connected on serial... afaik you can't multiplex like that, but again serial isn't that common anymore.

If I am in X (your CTRL+ALT+Fn case) then I am not working in a text interface, now am I?

And, there are other operating systems than Linux (your ALT-F1, ... case)

OTOH if I am in a single user session on a broken Linux box then none of those are available.

[timofonic]

I am driving crazy... You open Vim in a terminal and then you open a terminal inside Vim and then you open Vim inside the terminal inside Vim and then you open a terminal inside Vim inside a terminal inside Vim inside a terminal...

VimCeption!

[euler271]

I will always prefer nano. While being far from perfect at least it is kind of straight forward to use.

Straight forward as a pen and a piece of paper.

[George99]

I will always prefer nano. While being far from perfect at least it is kind of straight forward to use.

I'm not sure about this one. There's tmux for that kind of thing.

[Hugh]

I've used this feature a lot in the text editor I've used since about 1985 (JOVE). I find it amazing what vi users have lived without in those years.

[lucrus]

If you are on SSH you can just open all other sessions you feel like opening to have more than one terminal window.

Depending on many factors, opening new ssh sessions might not be that handy: I usually jump between a few hops before reaching the ssh server I need to connect to.

If you are connected on serial... afaik you can't multiplex like that, but again serial isn't that common anymore.

# virsh console guest1

is quite common and it uses a emulated serial.

However I solve both problems with GNU screen.

[Tomin]

I heard someone joking that now they can finally close vim by calling kill within vim terminal.

[starshipeleven]

I enjoyed the humor in the comments on this!

Serious comment though: if I am working in a text mode interfface with no GUI, thus no xterms or cmd shells, then this could be very useful.

If only I can remember the command mode key sequences to operate it!

If you are on a physical machine you can usually Ctrl+Alt+F1 (or F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7) to switch between 7 different terminals.

If you are on SSH you can just open all other sessions you feel like opening to have more than one terminal window.

If you are connected on serial... afaik you can't multiplex like that, but again serial isn't that common anymore.