On Thursday, October 17, 2013 3:59:30 PM UTC-5, Gary Johnson wrote: > > I looked at ":help remote.txt" but didn't see anything there that > > would do what you want, but I don't use the client-server > > functionality so I could easily be wrong about that. > >
Not directly, but you can call arbitrary Vim functions with --remote-expr > > The easiest "solution" is to run your make command in a different > > Vim instance. > > > > Another approach is to run make in the background and send its > > output to file. Then, when that make is done, you can use :cfile > > command to open that file in a quickfix window. > > Yes, I'd suggest this approach. But you don't need to do the :cfile manually. http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Execute_external_programs_asynchronously_under_Windows gives a method on Windows for async grep commands. The idea would be the same for "make" commands. You shell out to start a command in a background process that will do the compile, AND when that compile is done will use --remote-expr to tell Vim to load a file with :cfile. There are also some plugins out there to simplify the task I think. Note, the quickfix window will not update dynamically as the compile happens. But it will allow you to keep using Vim while it is going on. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
