compile code from within the editor

noir911 · 05-21-2008, 01:24 AM

i am trying to compile c, sh, perl, php & ruby code without exiting vim and prefer that vim would take me to the lines where the errors are. is this something that could be done by default by vim v7? the other option would be to, i guess, run two shells in parallel.

i have installed a few plugins (for ruby, php and svn) and i guess i am a bit tired of tweaking .vimrc and/or installing just-another-plugin to do something with vim. however, i don't want to use a gui based bloated ide.

would emacs be a better alternative to vim?

thanks for any suggestions.

nc3b · 05-21-2008, 02:03 AM

You can run any shell command from vim, for example

Code:

:! make

or

Code:

:! ls

etc.
Don't know about emacs but I'm pretty sure it's also got something like this.

EDIT
http://www.linux.com/articles/57727

jschiwal · 05-21-2008, 02:10 AM

This linux.com has a link to plugins for bash
http://www.linux.com/articles/114359

The target page also has a similar startup script for gvim C/C++ programming:
http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/s...?script_id=213

Hko · 05-21-2008, 02:46 AM

Emacs key sequence to compile : C-x M-m
After that the you have the change to edit the command to compile (default 'make' of course). Press enter.

The output show in new buffer. double click or press enter on a error message to take you to line in the source file where the error occurred.

More info here: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ma...mpilation.html