commit 4c86830fc578bcb47a51cf0983da5388cdbfe6cc
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Mon Mar 22 16:19:45 2021 +0100
committer Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Mon Mar 22 16:19:45 2021 +0100
tree 8c2b04a8cfaf7e00f8a20e38a5e5d09a5043b951
parent 09f8b3a02200a1900a8bb41d7436f9d17ebd2d1b

patch 8.2.2638: cannot write a message to the terminal from the GUI

Problem:    Cannot write a message to the terminal from the GUI.
Solution:   Add :echoconsole and use it in the test runner. (issue #7975)

src/testdir/runtest.vim

diff --git a/src/testdir/runtest.vim b/src/testdir/runtest.vim
index 4602051..e43dd8d 100644
--- a/src/testdir/runtest.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/runtest.vim
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 endfunc
 
 func RunTheTest(test)
-  echo 'Executing ' . a:test
+  echoconsole 'Executing ' . a:test
   if has('reltime')
     let func_start = reltime()
   endif