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Asked: 2026-05-11T12:40:20+00:00

I use gVim in windows to edit my code (mostly C++). I use :make

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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 compilation is complete. How can I do :make asynchronously and still get the benefits of reading the errors back into Vim and jump to the errors in source code? Bonus points if I get to see the make process in real time. Right now the :make redirects the output into a file, hence I don’t get to see the progress of make.

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  1. What I do is

    :!gvim -c 'MyMake'

    ( where MyMake is the custom command which can switch to appropriate dir, make, and copen 20. )

    and I am doing my job while build goes in the other window.

    Other option:
    You can redirect make progress to some file from the shell or within vim (:!make&). And then by using 

    :cfile make_result_file  :cw  or :copen 20

    Achieve the same result as you’d use :make

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