Add AsyncMake and AsyncGrep

[Konfekt]

Calling make and grep are the most common use cases for AsyncRun. How about documenting the following commands

command! -bang -nargs=* -complete=file -bar AsyncMake  AsyncRun<bang> -program=make -auto=make <args>
command! -bang -nargs=+ -complete=file -bar AsyncGrep  AsyncRun<bang> -program=grep -auto=grep <args>

that make make and grep work asynchronously ?

Perhaps its following variants

command! -bang -nargs=* -complete=file -bar AMake  silent noautocmd AsyncMake<bang> <args> | silent redraw! | copen | wincmd p
command! -bang -nargs=+ -complete=file -bar AGrep  silent noautocmd AsyncGrep<bang> <args> | silent redraw! | copen | wincmd p

that pop up the quickfix window, are welcome extensions.

[Konfekt]

However, the above AsyncMake does not work if makeprg contains an expression like % because AsyncRun does not expand it. Instead, a workaround is

command! -bang -nargs=* -complete=file -bar AsyncMake  exe 'AsyncRun<bang> -auto=make ' . &makeprg . ' ' .<q-args>
command! -bang -nargs=+ -complete=file -bar AsyncGrep  exe 'AsyncRun<bang> -auto=grep ' . &grepprg . ' ' . <q-args>

[skywind3000]

Thanks for your idea, let vim itself parse the makeprg/grepprg arguments. I took the idea and updated AsyncRun to support % macros. to prevent breaking old command aliases , you can still use:

command! -bang -nargs=* -complete=file Make AsyncRun -program=make @ <args>

It now accepts not only % but also $* macros in both makeprg and grepprg.

[Konfekt]

Ok, thanks! Then how about adding

command! -bang -nargs=* -complete=file -bar AsyncMake  AsyncRun<bang> -program=make -auto=make @ <args>
command! -bang -nargs=* -complete=file -bar AsyncGrep  AsyncRun<bang> -program=grep -auto=grep @ <args>

to the wiki? Better yet, because a lot more visible, to a FAQ section in the documentation (and README.md ?!).

Maybe

command! -bang -nargs=* -complete=file -bar AMake  silent noautocmd AsyncMake<bang> <args> | silent redraw! | copen | wincmd p
command! -bang -nargs=+ -complete=file -bar AGrep  silent noautocmd AsyncGrep<bang> <args> | silent redraw! | copen | wincmd p

as well.

[skywind3000]

Thanks, later, I will update the documentation. Now I am looking into command range.