Running :make from gVim in Background

Question

I use gVim in windows to edit my code (mostly C++). I use :make in gVim to compile the project, but this is a blocking operation, that prevents me from using gVim until the

Answer 1

Have a look at my AsyncCommand plugin. It's just wraps the vim syntax required to execute something and load it with --remote. I've uploaded AsyncCommand 2.0 that includes an AsyncMake command.

Add the script to your .vim/plugin and you can build with :AsyncMake or :AsyncMake target. Errors will be opened in your quickfix once the make completes.

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Responding to comment for more readable code:

To see the build results on Windows, if you have cygwin/unxutils/something with tail in your path, then in asynccommand.vim, change

call Async_Impl(tool_cmd, vim_cmd)

to

call Async_Impl(tool_cmd, vim_cmd)
call Async_Impl("tail -f ". temp_file, "")

That should change all Async commands to open up a second command window with the output.