Running :make from gVim in Background

Solution 1:

What I do is

:!gvim -c 'MyMake'

( where MyMake is the custom command which can switch to appropriate dir, make, and copen 20. )

and I am doing my job while build goes in the other window.

Other option:
You can redirect make progress to some file from the shell or within vim (:!make&). And then by using

:cfile make_result_file

:cw
 or
:copen 20

Achieve the same result as you'd use :make

Have a look at @tpope's dispatch.vim

https://github.com/tpope/vim-dispatch#readme

Video Trailer: http://vimeo.com/63116209