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There's posts on SO that explain how to do it in general or on files of a particular type but I would like to restrict it to when I'm inside my project directory.
I can run a script to determine whether I am. How I can I wire it up with vim?
In other words, how do I do something like?:
if !myscript >/dev/null 2>&1 "doesn't work
autocmd BufWritePost <buffer> make
endif
Another (untested) approach :
:autocmd BufWritePost <buffer> make and
:let &makeprg="if ! myscript >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then make ; fi"
I use let &makeprg="..." instead of set makeprg ... to avoid the ugly \-es.
If I understand your question correctly then this might help:
:autocmd BufWritePost <buffer> if !system ("myscript >/dev/null 2>&1") | make | endif
myscript with true or /bin/true it runs, but it also runs with false o /bin/false, which shouldn't happen.
– PSkocik
Oct 3 '17 at 11:54
system() returns command's output, not its exit code. This could work: :autocmd BufWritePost <buffer> call system('myscript >/dev/null 2>&1') | if v:shell_error | make | endif
– xaizek
Oct 3 '17 at 13:55
