Compilation Mode, not in Emacs.

Using Neovim's built-in package manager:

vim.pack.add({
    "https://github.com/yilisharcs/cme.nvim",
})

Using lazy.nvim:

{
    "yilisharcs/cme.nvim",
    specs = {
        {
            "https://github.com/nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim",
            optional = true,
            -- Fixes the small delay on `on_exit` updates
            opts = { options = { refresh = { statusline = 16 } } },
        },
    },
}

Below are the available options and their default values:

vim.g.cme = {
    -- Custom key-value list of errorformats and programs
    efm_rules = {
        -- "buffer" is a special key which resolves to `vim.bo.errorformat`
        ["buffer"] = { "mask" }
        ["%f::0,%l"] = { "find", "fd" }
    },
    -- Enable <C-c> for the quickfix window.
    interrupt = true,
    -- Preferred user shell. Accepts any executor that supports -c.
    shell = vim.o.shell,
    -- Expand '%' to the current file name.
    shell_expand = true,
}

cme.nvim provides a :Compile command that runs tasks in the background and loads their output into the quickfix list on the fly, along with their start time, end time, duration, and exit codes. If called with no arguments, the last known task is executed. If called as :Compile!, it won't automatically open the quickfix window on exit.

The :Recompile command sets up an autocommand to re-run the provided task (or last known) after every write. Note that it doesn't trigger if you move out of the directory where it was called, and any new invocation clears the previous autocommand. Calling :Recompile with no arguments while a watcher is active will disable the watcher.

• compile-mode.nvim: https://github.com/ej-shafran/compile-mode.nvim/
• vim-dispatch: https://github.com/tpope/vim-dispatch

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