commit a272624c763fea9f98510bbc5b1f2b65a309c765
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Thu Jun 16 16:36:43 2022 +0100
committer Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Thu Jun 16 16:36:43 2022 +0100
tree 29c9417c974f79247988d36f48830c5e547b1680
parent de8be2beaeb99961247766a9b8181429be1617d6

patch 8.2.5112: gui test hangs on MS-Windows

Problem:    Gui test hangs on MS-Windows.
Solution:   Use "!start" to start Vim.

src/testdir/test_gui.vim

diff --git a/src/testdir/test_gui.vim b/src/testdir/test_gui.vim
index 954cf2a..373a0a2 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_gui.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_gui.vim
@@ -1594,7 +1594,11 @@
     confirm qa
   END
   call writefile(lines, 'Xlines')
-  execute '!' .. GetVimCommand() .. ' -g -f --clean --gui-dialog-file Xdialog -S Xlines'
+  let prefix = '!'
+  if has('win32')
+    let prefix = '!start '
+  endif
+  execute prefix .. GetVimCommand() .. ' -g -f --clean --gui-dialog-file Xdialog -S Xlines'
 
   call WaitForAssert({-> assert_true(filereadable('Xdialog'))})
   call assert_match('Question: Save changes to "Xfile"?', readfile('Xdialog')->join('<NL>'))