(Fcitx) XIM Frontend On The Spot workaround for GVim e.g. Browser textarea Extension

ximvim

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# @name         XIM Vim
# @description  (Fcitx) XIM Frontend On The Spot workaround for GVim e.g. Browser textarea Extension
# @version      2017.4.14.0
# @homepage     https://gist.github.com/noromanba/c3a37e6908a0d71441a7f2526b643474
# @author       noromanba
# @license      CC0 Univ PD https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
set -euC

# :help multibyte* *multi-byte*
# :help *xim-input-style*
# :help *OnTheSpot*
# :help *gui-fork*
# :help *-g* *gui* *GUI*
# :help *-f* *--nofork*
vim -gf "$@" <&0 >/dev/null 2>&1 &
#vim -gf "${@+"$@"}" <&0 > /dev/null 2>&1 &
# read from piped stdin
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2746553/bash-script-read-values-from-stdin-pipe#6779351

# hints
# :vimgrep gf $VIMHOME/doc/* | cw

: <<'#DRUNK'
     ____
    |.+*'|
    |....|
    |____|
    |    |
    |    |
    ((()))
    (    )
 ..'      '..
/            \
|------------|
|  XIM  VIM  |
|   *(V)*    |
|            |
| UGANDA KCC |
|  BOURBON   |
|  WHISKEY   |
|            |
|\----------/|
|: 40% vol. :|
|------------|
\____.--.____/

#DRUNK

# KNOWN BUGS
# FIXME unworks w/ background job
#       `vidir` of moreutils
#           $ EDITOR=ximvim vidir     # empty file; "No such file or directory"
#           $ EDITOR="vim -gf" vidir  # valid file
#       https://github.com/madx/moreutils/blob/5ca552/vidir#L132
#
#       `edit-server` of "Edit with Emacs" Chrome Extensions
#           $ EDIT_SERVER_EDITOR=ximvim edit-server # fill, but not apply when save
#           $ EDIT_SERVER_EDITOR="vim -gf" edit-server # apply when save
#       https://github.com/timbertson/edit-server