Re: job_start the make command

On Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 8:42:27 PM UTC, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> Nivamail wrote:
>
> > Le mardi 13 décembre 2016 23:19:00 UTC+1, Bryan Richter a écrit :
> > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:04:53AM -0800, Ni Va wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am using a useful tool rigrep to search content through dirs and
> > > > files.
> > > >
> > > > Then I have applied it to makeprg and set errorformat to display found
> > > > informations like this :
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > let &makeprg = expand("$VIM").'\vim80\rg.exe -n ' . l:args
> > > > let &errorformat = '%f:%l:%m'
> > > > make
> > > > copen
> > > >
> > > > It works perfectly and found items are well displayed with copen. Now
> > > > I would like to job_start the command make and retrieve same display
> > > > in the copened list.
> > > >
> > > > How can I do that ?
> > > > Thanks by advance
> > >
> > > There are two bits of advice I have.
> > >
> > > First, vim is very familiar with tools for searching through dirs and
> > > files. The most well-known is called grep (perhaps you also know it).
> > > vim has a command specifically for doing these searches: ":grep". You
> > > can control it with 'grepprg' just like you can control ":make" with
> > > 'makeprg'. I suggest you get comfortable using those ones!
> > >
> > > (I also use ripgrep. Here are the relevant configurations for me on
> > > Linux):
> > >
> > > set grepprg=rg\ --vimgrep
> > > set grepformat=%f:%l:%c:%m
> > >
> > > Second, you can use the AsyncRun plugin in order to run 'grepprg'
> > > asynchronously. The syntax is a bit cumbersome, but it looks like:
> > >
> > > :AsyncRun -program=grep SEARCH_TERMS
> > >
> > > That will run 'grepprg' in the background and populate the errorlist
> > > as you desire.
> > >
> > > https://github.com/skywind3000/asyncrun.vim
> > >
> > > I hope someone has a better solution than this plugin. :) Maybe one
> > > day :grep will automatically be async?
> >
> > Thank you Bryan for advices.
> >
> > Applying that example
> > " From http://andrewvos.com/2016/09/14/writing-async-jobs-in-vim-8
> >
> > I have done this code.
> > function! BackgroundCommandClose(channel)
> > " Read the output from the command into the quickfix window
> > execute "cfile! " . g:backgroundCommandOutput
> > " Open the quickfix window
> > copen
> > unlet g:backgroundCommandOutput
> > endfunction
> >
> > fun! utils#Search(args) "{{{
> > "
> > "
> > "
> > let prgPath = expand("$vimruntime")."/rg.exe"
> > if !file_readable(prgPath)
> > echoerr "rigrep tool not found in ".$vimruntime
> > return -1
> > endif
> >
> > let l:args = empty(a:args) ? expand("<cword>") : a:args
> > let cmd = prgPath . ' -n ' . l:args
> >
> >
> > " Async func
> > let g:backgroundCommandOutput = tempname()
> > let j = job_start(cmd, {'close_cb': 'BackgroundCommandClose', 'out_io': 'file', 'out_name': g:backgroundCommandOutput})
> > endfu
> > command! -bang -nargs=* -complete=file Search call utils#Search(<q-args>)
> >
> >
> > It works very well in background and copen the cfile well formatted.
> >
> > Maybe you can advise me how optimizing BackgroundCommandClose func declaration in order to declare it within the utilsSearch func.
> >
> > But thank for your advices.
>
> This looks like a good start for a very useful plugin. One that I would
> like to include in Vim.
>
> What I would prefer is something that works just like :make, but in the
> background. It would have the same arguments as :make and use the
> 'makeprg' option. Only that the quickfix list is set much later.
> Could call it :MakeBackground.
>
> My wishlist:
> - When using it again before the previous job is finished, prompt the
> user if he wants to abort the already running job. I quite often run
> :make and than realize I forgot one change.
> - Open the quickfix window when the --copen argument is given.
> - Give a non-intrusive message when the work is done.
>
> Anyone who would be willing to make this work and maintain it?
>
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I pushed this live if you wanna give it a try:

https://github.com/AndrewVos/vim-make-background

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