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I am using F5 to compile my programs
From my .vimrc

set makeprg=make\ -f\ ~/makefile\ %<
noremap <F5> :make<CR>

But I want to add one other way to compile my programs which compiles a bit slowly and use some other key say F4. I tried inserting another such statement below these lines but then F5 also compiles with the new makefile.

EDIT:
As asked in comments:

set makeprg=make\ -f\ ~/makefile\ %<
noremap <F5> :make<CR>
" slow compilation but more flags for more checks
set makeprg=make\ -f\ ~/makefile1\ %<
noremap <F4> :make<CR>
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  • Can you show the <F4> binding? If you change 'makeprg', it affects all :make invocations
    – D. Ben Knoble
    Commented Jan 29, 2020 at 15:59
  • @D.BenKnoble Edited my question
    – kayush
    Commented Jan 29, 2020 at 16:04
  • Ok, yah, makeprg is just a setting. Mappings don’t save settings at their creation time.
    – D. Ben Knoble
    Commented Jan 29, 2020 at 16:14
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    Actually, it may look more like this (didn't notice the %< at first): :noremap <F4> :exe "make -f ~/makefile1 " . expand('%<')<CR>
    – B Layer
    Commented Jan 29, 2020 at 17:03
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    Yes it works. Sure.
    – kayush
    Commented Jan 29, 2020 at 17:16

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My understanding is that the makeprg setting is primarily used to change the actual make/build program and in your case the program isn't changing...it's always 'make'.

Since :make accepts arguments I suggest leaving 'makeprg' alone and passing your build command args to :make in the two mappings...

noremap <F4> :make -f ~/makefile1 %<<CR>
noremap <F5> :make -f ~/makefile %<<CR>

Regarding %<, which expands to the current filename minus its extension, in my comments I wavered on whether this would work or if you would need to use :exe and call expand() like so....

noremap <F4> :exe "make -f ~/makefile1 " . expand('%<')<CR>

Actually, you should be okay with the shorter versions.

BTW, %< is there for backwards compatibility with a very old version of vim, per :h :_%<. The synonym, :r, is now "preferred".

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  • ? I didn't get you
    – kayush
    Commented Jan 29, 2020 at 17:30
  • Thank you for help
    – kayush
    Commented Jan 29, 2020 at 17:31
  • You bet. Cheers.
    – B Layer
    Commented Jan 29, 2020 at 17:32

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