Popup on shell error

[Marsevil]

I'm wondering why executing a shell command through helix :sh my_command show the results if the function success but not if the function failed.
In my case, I've setup a custom key shortcut to run make and I can't see the problem if the command fails.

[mweihs]

Failure might be output to stderr? Try :sh my_command 2>&1

[Marsevil]

Thx for the answer. I've tested, but, my point is that if the command fail the message is shown in the status bar but not inside a popup. Maybe there is a way to open the status bar message buffer in a popup ??

[OlafLostViking]

Hi!

I just stumbled into the same problem: Wanting to see the output of a build step. Funnily enough, my first try was indeed the 2>&1 approach. But that lead to only showing the return code in the status bar instead of the output that's cramped into the line without the redirection.

Did you, @Marsevil , find a solution to have a popup from failed shell commands?

Thanks!

[Marsevil]

Hi, no news here, I now prefer to avoid using sh in helix and use Ctrl+Z/fg and/or multi-tab to run my commands