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What is the "--servername" in "vim --servername VIM test.R"?

I just installed the vim-r-plugin on a Linux server and I found this issue (see below figure) prompted from the R console window (vimcom: Did you pass the --servername argument to Vim? ...) when I typed "\rf": enter image description here

To solve the issue I followed the instructions here and was trying to find the "servername" and tested some commands such like: enter image description here

But I have no idea what's the "--servername" I should use here. Any suggestions or answers? Thanks!

Solution

  • --servername is usually followed by some arbitrarily chosen name. This allows external processes like those used by your R plugin to interact with a running instance of Vim.

    When the feature is available, GVim always starts as if you added --servername GVIMn where n is a number incremented for each new GUI window. You can see it on the right of the window title.

    But you are using Vim so you'll need to do that explicitely:

    $ vim --servername FOO