How compile C in vi and run it?

Question

Environment: MacOS, gcc, Vim7.2

I know I can do it in Emacs. Compile code and run it. I am wondering how can I do it in vi? I don't want to switch from vi to terminal a lot. thanks! :)

Answer 1

vim does have a inbuilt :make command, but it has to be associated with the compiler. Some examples are:

GNU gcc compiler:

set makeprg=gcc\ -o\ %<\ %

Intel Fortran compiler:

set makeprg=ifort\ %\ -o\ %<

• \ represents blank space
• % input file
• %< output file