From: Mateo Gjika <104777599+mateoxh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 15:24:26 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: runtimei(vim9): Always launch programs in background (linux)
X-Git-Tag: v9.1.2129~2
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4b83d5ca76573373c0b57238b221a6a504bdb50b;p=thirdparty%2Fvim.git

runtimei(vim9): Always launch programs in background (linux)

closes: #19293

Signed-off-by: Mateo Gjika <104777599+mateoxh@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
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diff --git a/runtime/autoload/dist/vim9.vim b/runtime/autoload/dist/vim9.vim
index 53385e0824..ece21db65d 100644
--- a/runtime/autoload/dist/vim9.vim
+++ b/runtime/autoload/dist/vim9.vim
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ vim9script
 # Vim runtime support library
 #
 # Maintainer:   The Vim Project <https://github.com/vim/vim>
-# Last Change:  2025 Dec 21
+# Last Change:  2026 Jan 31
 
 export def IsSafeExecutable(filetype: string, executable: string): bool
   if empty(exepath(executable))
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ if has('unix')
     enddef
   else
     export def Launch(args: string)
-      const fork = has('gui_running') ? '&' : ''
-      execute $':silent ! nohup {args} {Redir()} {fork}' | redraw!
+      execute $':silent ! nohup {args} {Redir()} &' | redraw!
     enddef
   endif
 elseif has('win32')