Is there an "always on top" option for vim?
Dahong Tang
Whenever I use :make to compile, vim disappears from the screen and goes to the background, and is replaced by the shell command line screen with the message "Press ENTER or type command to continue".
In this case, one could use a macro to press ENTER automatically and bring back vim. But while the macro is running, the screen display is not smooth, i.e., one can still see that the screen redraws (although very quickly) as vim goes out, shell comes in and out, and finally vim comes into the screen again.
I am wondering, does anyone know if there is a way to keep vim always on top, like always in the foreground? I would like to keep the shell display in the background when executing :make, and redraw the screen only after the macro pressed ENTER and vim is back to the foreground?
Thanks!
Marcin Szamotulski
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Hi,
You have to use a :call system('make') for that. But it will not be
a perfect solution, since vim will freeze until the command has
executed. You can though append &. But in both cases the quick fix
error list will not be updated. You can also check out my plugin:
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=4224
Best regards,
Marcin
Tim Chase
> I am wondering, does anyone know if there is a way to keep vim
> always on top, like always in the foreground?
be a function of your window-manager. On Win32/MacOSX, I don't
believe they grant the user access to this functionality. On Linux,
I use Fluxbox as my window manager, and it has the ability to map
keys (many other X window managers do too) to raise/lower a given
window. So you could either raise Vim so it's above everything else,
or lower the compile window so it's below everything else.
Additionally, at least Fluxbox has the ability to set Z-index
properties automatically based on window title/ID, so when your
compile window is opened, it can automatically shove it in the
background.
-tim
