Larry

What?

A quick and dirty hack to invoke CMake-like build systems from Neovim.
Disclaimer: I don't quite know what I'm doing; this has been a learning experience.

Why?

Because switching to a different terminal to do things is a hassle.

How?

Installation

E.g. using Lazy:

{
    "konradmagnusson/larry",
    dependencies = {
        "rcarriga/nvim-notify",
        "norcalli/nvim-terminal.lua", -- optional. Enables ASCII color code support in the build/configure views.
    }
    opts = {
        available_presets = function( cwd )
                return { "release", "debug" }
            end,
        default_preset = "release",
        build_command = "build %s",
        configure_command = "configure %s"
    }
}

Configuration

Setup

require("larry").setup({
    available_presets = function( cwd )
            return { "release", "debug" }
        end,
    default_preset = "release",
    build_command = "build %s",
    configure_command = "configure %s"
})

The parameters are as follows:

    available_presets:      function( cwd )
                                cwd: Neovim's current working directory
                                return: a list of strings
    default_preset:         string
                                Pretty self-explanatory.
                                Used if nothing is explicitly selected.
    build_command:          string
                                Formatted using string.format( build_command, selected_preset )
    configure_command:      string
                                Formatted using string.format( configure_command, selected_preset )

Example mappings

-- larry
nvim_set_keymap("n", "<leader>lP", "<CMD>LarrySelectPreset<CR>", { noremap = true })
nvim_set_keymap("n", "<leader>lC", "<CMD>LarryConfigure<CR>", { noremap = true })
nvim_set_keymap("n", "<leader>lc", "<CMD>LarryToggleConfigureView<CR>", { noremap = true })
nvim_set_keymap("n", "<leader>lB", "<CMD>LarryBuild<CR>", { noremap = true })
nvim_set_keymap("n", "<leader>lb", "<CMD>LarryToggleBuildView<CR>", { noremap = true })

Usage

• Select a preset (or live with your default setting) using the LarrySelectPreset command and/or Larry's exposed SelectPreset() function.
• Invoke either LarryConfigure or LarryBuild using the commands, or through the lua functions, e.g. require("larry").Configure().
• View the outputs of LarryConfigure and LarryBuild using the LarryToggleConfigureView and LarryToggleBuildView commands (similarly available in lua). These buffers follow the output of the command, and clear if you rerun LarryConfigure/LarryBuild

There is also a LarryGetSelectedPreset command (and lua function) that does what it says on the can.

Roadmap

In no particular order:

• Goto file/line on compilation errors
• Colors in Configure View
• Colors in Build View
• Functionality for getting the current compilation target, and what progress it's at, e.g. for use in |statusline|
• Display current preset in the status line?