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In neovim, my code compiles and runs fine with this command:
:term clang++ main.cpp -o main && ./main
, but not in vim.
When I run it in Vim the code neither compiles nor executes. I get the following error:
clang-10: error: no such file or directory: '&&'
but when I do :term, and inside it run clang++ main.cpp -o main && ./main, it works.
I don’t believe (though I can’t find reference to prove it) that :terminal in vim wraps the passed command in a shell. So to use shell features you need, e.g.,
terminal sh -c "clang++ main.cpp -o main && ./main"
By itself, however, :terminal starts 'shell', which is usually $SHELL.
main.cpp: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `'' main.cpp: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
– Lucas Martins Soares
Oct 23 '20 at 14:07
I download the source code of vim from the vim repository on github:
https://github.com/vim/vim
compile and install with:
make && make install
and the previous command works:
:term clang++ main.cpp -o main && ./main
vim --version command showed -clipboard and I like to copy to the clipboard with yy. And consequently fixed the original problem.
– Lucas Martins Soares
Oct 23 '20 at 17:18
&&is a shell construct, so you need to run a shell that runs your clang command. – Christian Brabandt Oct 25 '20 at 17:35