CODEWITHSUNDEEP
bashvimcommand-linevivim-plugin
mo1ein
mo1ein

Reputation: 605

How use sleep in vimscript just for command-line bar?

I'm trying to write a plugin for vim with vimscript and I want to show some log for specefic time. like:

echo 'some log'
sleep 2
redraw!

When I use sleep and redraw, all of current window freezing for a while but I want sleep just for logs, not all vim window!
How can I do that?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 581

Answers (1)

okket
okket

Reputation: 2320

sleep will always block. With VIM version 8 you can use timer instead. Here is a stripped down example should not block VIM:

echo 'some log'
let timer = timer_start(2000, 'LogTrigger', {})
func! LogTrigger(timer)
  silent! redraw!
endfunc

Upvotes: 5

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