The screen is not updating after make

[Riza Dindir]

Hello,

I have a mapping like this:

command! -nargs=* Make silent make! <args> | if len(getqflist()) > 0 | copen | endif

Whenever I do call this command, the screen does not update. The screen is blank (where once was the source code displayed). and the quickfix window is sometimes left blank too.

This was the case when I was using :make with this.

I am using vim version 9.0.

VIM - Vi IMproved 9.0 (2022 Jun 28, compiled Nov 24 2023 12:59:56)
Included patches: 1-2127

Does anybody have the same problem?

Regards

[jr]

hi,

> I have a mapping like this:

> command! -nargs=* Make silent make! ...

> Whenever I do call this command, the screen does not update. The screen is blank (where once was the source code displayed). and the quickfix window is sometimes left blank too.
> This was the case when I was using :make with this.

I do not use a mapping, sorry not to answer your question, but, out of
interest, does '.SILENT;' in the 'Makefile' not work for you ?
('make' also has a CLI option to "silence" it).

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[Riza Dindir]

Hello

That silent in the command is the vim silent command/annotation (or whatever that is)

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[Christian Brabandt]

On Di, 09 Sep 2025, Riza Dindir wrote:

> That silent in the command is the vim silent command/annotation (or whatever
> that is)

So maybe you shouldn't use silent then?

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[Marc Chantreux]

On Tue, Sep 09, 2025 at 12:21:32PM +0300, Riza Dindir wrote:
> I have a mapping like this:
>
> command! -nargs=* Make silent make! <args> | if len(getqflist()) > 0 | copen |
> endif

> Whenever I do call this command, the screen does not update. The screen is
> blank (where once was the source code displayed). and the quickfix window is
> sometimes left blank too.

how about:

command -nargs=* Make {

silent make! <args>
if len(getqflist()) > 0
copen
endif

redraw!

}

> Does anybody have the same problem?

not since I discovered redraw!

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[Igbanam Ogbuluijah]

Yeah, I was going to hint at :redraw! as well.

Whenever my screen goes blank :redraw! fixes it.

Igbanam

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[Riza Dindir]

Hello

Silent should not have been the issue.

But I forgot about :redraw! :) Hopefully that will solve the problem...

Thanks for all the response.

Regards

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[Marc Chantreux]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 12:21:41AM +0300, Riza Dindir wrote:
> Hello
> Silent should not have been the issue.

well ... as far as I understand, silent makes things silent at the
point vim don't refresh the screen.

It's anyoing but I don't know if it's a bug or a configuration problem
(my terminal, my tmux or something).

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[Riza Dindir]

Hello

I was thinking that silent was silencing the message output, did not expect it to skip screen refresh... Then it might well be...

I am still using silent, will remove that and try that for a while. But the :redraw! did work.

Regards

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[Maxim Kim]

You can try async :Make command:

def MakeComplete(_, _, _): string
    return system("make -npq : 2> /dev/null | awk -v RS= -F: '$1 ~ /^[^#%.]+$/ { print $1 }' | sort -u")
enddef

def Make(args: string = "")
    if exists("b:make_jobid") && job_status(b:make_jobid) == 'run'
        echo "There is a make job running."
        return
    endif
    var makeprg = &l:makeprg ?? &makeprg
    setqflist([], ' ', {title: $"{makeprg} {args}"})
    copen
    b:make_jobid = job_start($"{makeprg} {args}", {
        cwd: getcwd(),
        out_cb: (_, msg) => {
            setqflist([], 'a', {lines: [msg]})
        },
        err_cb: (_, msg) => {
            setqflist([], 'a', {lines: [msg]})
        },
        exit_cb: (_, _) => {
            if empty(getqflist())
                timer_start(500, (_) => {
                    if empty(getqflist())
                        cclose
                    endif
                })
            endif
            echo "Make is finished!"
        }
    })
enddef
command! -nargs=* -complete=custom,MakeComplete Make Make(<f-args>)