To run current Python script/file in Vim I use this command:
:!python %
The problem is that this locks Vim so I can't look at or edit files in Vim until I close the cmd window.
This is for Windows.
How can I run the Python-script without locking the current script/file in Vim?
On Unix, you would append & to the command (a shell feature); Windows Vim has the special :!start command for that.
:!start python %
try this, if your script don't have output, or stream output to file
:!python % &
pressing enter should return you to vim
:!START \B python % should workVim has problems running things asynchronously, there's a few ways around this, but the easiest for you would be to grab a plugin that can do it for you.
Try tpope's Dispatch: https://github.com/tpope/vim-dispatch
Then you can run :Start! python % to run it in the background.
Or simply execute pyf % or map it to some key, for instance map <F8> pyf %<CR>
Since version 8.0, if your Vim was compiled with +terminal feature, you can see the output of your script in a separate window while editing other files.
:ter python %
or
:%ter python
I am usually using vim in a tmux window, split horizontally in two, for this and use the following mapping, assuming that I want to run the python script in the lower pane (pane number 1),
nnoremap ,s :execute '!tmux send-keys -t 1 ''python ' . expand('%:p') .' '' Enter '<cr>
If you now press ,s, this will execute your script in pane 1
