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On linux you can use inotify to avoid polling. I use such a rule for my makefiles :

    watch:
        while true ; do inotifywait -qe close_write $(SRC); $(MAKE) ; done

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  while inotifywait -qe close_write $(SRC); do $(MAKE); done

This will stop trying to build at the first compile error.

No, it will stop when the directory disappears.

How do you use it? Like:

  $ make watch &
  $ vim

Or do you use separate screens?

I use separate screens. Usually I have one terminal for vim and one terminal with a shell for make, git, etc. Using this setup and a tiling window manager, I can see the build log whenever I type :w.

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