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

I would use your OS's inbuilt methods for running background tasks.

On windows, try typing

:!start make

On linux / mac os x, try

:!make > /dev/null 2>&1 &