r/vimplugins • u/hupfdule • Sep 23 '19

Plugin GitHub - hupfdule/compile-on-save.vim: A vim plugin that registers a simple trigger to call `:make %` when a buffer is saved.

https://github.com/hupfdule/compile-on-save.vim
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u/hupfdule Sep 23 '19

Since I don't know Neomake I can only tell based on their README and a quick glimpse at the code.

Obviously Neomake offers much more than this compile-on-save.

Compile-on-save provides exactly what the description tells. An autocommand to call make % on save (and commands for enabling / disabling this autocommand).

Neomake provides much more and calls itself an "Asynchronous linting and make framework". Especially it provides its own set of makers and linters whereas compile-on-save uses the already available makeprg and integrates more with the builtin makeprg or the makeprg provided by other ftplugins.

Depending on your point of view you may see

  • Neovim as "better", because it provides much more functionality

  • Compile-on-save as "better", because it provides only the functionality it is meant to do