how to run g++ and show the results in a horizontal split in VIM

Question

I use this command :!g++ % -g -lm && a.exe & pause The result comes out in a new command prompt. I'm using gvim7.3. How can i make VIM to display the result in the same window (horizontal split)? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

:make then :copen should do the trick. You can also close the window with :cclose.

Answer 2

Try this:

:new +r\ !g++\ #\ -g\ -lm

That opens a new "window" and reads the output of the g++ command into it. Note that you need to use # instead of % because you have switch to a new buffer.

I'm not sure how to get && to work, so I would just create a script that compiles and executes.

You might want to also do "set nomod" so you can close that window without saving the file.