zsh alias with arguements

Question

I have an alias for neovim-qt thus defined:

gvim='nvim-qt --geometry 500x320 --'

This allows me to call gvim foo.py ook.py and have a QT window running neovim with two tabs, one for each file.

However, this does return me to the prompt of the shell. I have to add a & at the end of the command line. Since I am lazy and forgetful, I keep not doing ctrl+z and bg which is irritating. I want to add a & after all other arguments in the alias.

How do I do that?

Answer 1

To do anything more complex than to replace a simple command with an alias, use a shell function.

In your case:

function gvim {
    nvim-qt --geometry 500x320 -- "$@" &
}

Aliases are not really suited for much more than simple things, like adding your favourite flags to ls or whatever.