vim-cmake is a Vim plugin to make working with CMake a lot more convenient. This project was originally forked from vhdirk/vim-cmake.

• :CMake searches for the closest directory named as specified by g:cmake_build_dir. The directory is searched for upwards from the current directory. If that does not lead to a result it tries again from the directory of the current file. When a dir is found, it runs the cmake command there, assuming the CMakeLists.txt file in .. relative to the build dir. Any arguments given to :CMake will be directly passed on to the cmake command. Finally, this command sets makeprg to (effectively) cmake --build <build-dir> --target for you to simply compile the project using :make <target>.

• :CMakeClean deletes all files in the build directory. You can think of this as a CMake version of make clean.

• :CMakeFindBuildDir resets the build directory path set for the current buffer and then tries to find a new one. Useful if it previously found a wrong path to then reset it after a new build folder has been created for example.

• g:cmake_install_prefix same as -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX

• g:cmake_build_type same as -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE

• g:cmake_cxx_compiler same as -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER. Changes will have no effect until you run :CMakeClean and then :CMake.

• g:cmake_c_compiler same as -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER. Changes will have no effect until you run :CMakeClean and then :CMake.

• g:cmake_build_shared_libs same as -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS

• g:cmake_project_generator same as -G. Changes will have no effect until you run :CMakeClean and then :CMake.

• g:cmake_export_compile_commands same as -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS.

• g:cmake_ycm_symlinks create symlinks to the generated compilation database for use with YouCompleteMe.

• g:cmake_build_dir set the cmake 'build' directory, default: 'build'

• b:build_dir is the path to the cmake build directory for the current buffer. This variable is set with the first :CMake or :CMakeFindBuildDir call. Once found, it will not be searched for again unless you call :CMakeFindBuildDir. If automatic finding is not sufficient you can set this variable manually to the build dir of your choice.

• g:cmake_build_dir_override can be used to override the build directory path. If the directory does not exist and mkdir() is supported it will be automatically created. This will prevent the search for g:cmake_build_dir.

With pathogen.vim simply copy and paste:

cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone git://github.com/Squareys/vim-cmake.git

Once help tags have been generated, you can view the manual with :help cmake.

With Vundle.vim simply add this repository to your plugins list:

Plugin 'Squareys/vim-cmake'

If you find bugs or annoyances while using vim-cmake, go ahead and open an issue, or fix it yourself and open a pullrequest.

vim-cmake uses vader.vim for testing. To run the tests you will need to clone the repository into the root of this project:

# Clone the repo, note: on unix make sure the created folder is lowercase!
git clone https://github.com/junegunn/vader.vim
# Run tests
vim -Nu 'test/.vimrc' -c 'Vader! test/cmake.vader'
vim -Nu 'test/.vimrc' -c 'Vader! test/cmake_quickfix.vader'

For test file syntax highlighting, add vader.vim as a plugin to your .vimrc.

• Thanks to Tim Pope, his plugins are really awesome.
• Thanks to Junegunn Choi, for vader.vim, which is the testing framework used for this plugin.
• Also thanks to
  • @SteveDeFacto for extending this with more fine grained control.
  • @snikulov for enhancing makeprg.
  • @dapicester for allowing specifying targets.
  • @thomasgubler for the build dir option.
  • @antmd for fixing a bug with handing of spaces in directory names.
  • @jmirabel for fixing concatenation of cmake arguments.
  • @T4ng10r for the project generator option.
  • @Squareys for a small overhaul of the project, the initial test and travis setup.
  • @darth for fixing passing arguments to CMake command.
  • @richteraj for the initial support for opening configure errors during :CMake in the quickfix list.
  • @pchynoweth for g:cmake_build_dir_override.

Copyright (c) Dirk Van Haerenborgh, @SteveDeFacto. Distributed under the same terms as Vim itself. Copyright (c) Jonathan Hale, @Squareys. Distributed under the same terms as Vim itself.

See :help license.