What is the point of run_in_osx_terminal? about vim-rspec

[rickyc]

I imagine they used a custom script for 1) extensibility and 2) so it wouldn't hang up vim while the [integration] specs were running.

[hovsater]

I see. I also noticed that colored output in RSpec don't work in macvim directly, so I guess that's reason number 3.

[jferris]

That script came from my setup. I find it useful for a few reasons:

• I like to have the test output and code open at the same time. Running commands directly in Vim loses the output when you go back to the code.
• I don't have MacVim's environment set up to use the correct Ruby from rbenv and so on. It's more convenient to just use my terminal, which I know is fully configured.
• I'm not sure how Vim/MacVim handled things like spring, which fork and run in the background. I'd rather run those things in terminal.