This plugin provides commands for using the build system to which the current file belongs. It searches from each files directory upwards for Makefiles and the like.

Note: If the current file does not belong to any known build systems, it will be build using associated compilers. E.g. C files will be build using gcc.

Usage Examples

CMake

Your project may look like this:

├── CMakeLists.txt
└── src/
    └── main.cpp

Open any file in the project and use the following command to initialize CMake. Optional arguments can be provided:

:Build init -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

The :Build command runs make inside the build directory. It takes optional arguments which will be passed directly to make:

:Build build -j20
:Build build all
:Build test
:Build clean

Note: Running :Build without any arguments is equivalent to :Build build.

CMake with subdirectories

Your project may look like this:

├── CMakeLists.txt
├── src/
│   └── main.cpp
└── util/
    ├── CMakeLists.txt
    ├── util.cpp
    └── misc/
        ├── CMakeLists.txt
        └── misc.cpp

Set the current working directory to the directory containing the main CMakeLists.txt and proceed as in the previous example:

:lchdir ~/path/to/project
:Build init -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
:Build
:Build --target my_target

Note: You can use this plugin to set the working directory automatically.

Autotools

Your project may look like this:

├── configure
├── Makefile.in
├── LICENSE
├── README
└── src/
    └── main.c
    └── foo.h
    └── foo.c

Open any file in the project and configure the build using the following command. Optional configure flags can be provided:

:Build init --enable-gtk --without-foo --prefix="$HOME/.local"

Then run make using the :Build command:

:Build
:Build clean
:Build build -j8 --keep-going --dry-run

Plain C files

If the current file does not belong to a build system, it can be compiled using the :Build command. This plugin defines three subcommands for C files:

:Build build
:Build run
:Build clean

Pass custom arguments to the compiler:

:Build build -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pedantic

Note: If :Build is called without arguments it will be equivalent to :Build build.

Python, Bash and other scripting languages

For some files which don't belong to a build system, the run target will be defined:

:Build run