SuggestionEdit

This is a really useful little script, but personally, I don't want to see any build output unless the build fails. As such, how about changing the script like this?

makeef="${3:-vimbuild.err}"
makeef="${makeef#$PWD/}"    # remove path, if present
makeprg="${2:-make}"
server="${1:-GVIM}"

{
  tempfile=`tempfile`
  > "$makeef";
  echo '-----------------------------------------' >> ".$makeef"
  date >> ".$makeef"
  echo '-----------------------------------------' >> ".$makeef"

  # run make, saving all output to a file, and recording exit code.
  exec 3<> $tempfile
  $makeprg >&3 2>&1
  rc=$?
  exec 3>&-

  # sed removes some words to prevent vim from misparsing a filename
  sed -e's/In file included from //' $tempfile >> ".$makeef";
  echo -e '\n\n' >> ".$makeef"
  cat "$makeef" >> ".$makeef"
  mv ".$makeef" "$makeef";
  if [ $rc -eq 0 ]
  then
    vim --servername "$server" --remote-send \
     '<Esc>:redraw | :echo "Build Successful"<CR>'
  else
    vim --servername "$server" --remote-send \
     "<Esc>:cgetfile $PWD/$makeef |copen<CR><CR>"
  fi

} &

Now, a successful will display "Build Successful", whereas a failing build will display the quickfix error window.

See alsoEdit

• script#3431 generic async facility; provides an "AsyncMake" command
• Our tip on ways to execute asynchronous commands on your own.

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