Compiling Java code in Vim more efficiently

Question

I come from an Eclipse background, but I love Vim as a text editor. I\'m currently experimenting with Vim as a Java IDE. Currently I do this to compile:

! javac          


        

Answer 1

With Makefiles, you could use some very generic things:

JAVAFILES=$(wildcard *.java)

mytarget: $(JAVAFILES)
    javac $^

On the other hand, you would probably fine doing

:compiler javac
:se makeprg=javac\ **/*.java
:make
:copen

Map some keys to :cnext and :cprevious to navigate errors quickly.

Use :colder / :cnewerto go back to earlier/later quickfix lists. Quickfix will remember where in the quickfix stack you were for a specific quickfix list.