What does the :compiler command do in Vim?

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Published on 2010-06-13T03:53:55Z Indexed on 2010/06/13 4:02 UTC
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I recently found that there is a command in Vim called compiler. You can call it with any common compiler (for example, :compiler gcc, :compiler php, etc.), but it doesn't seem to have any immediate effect.

I searched on the manpages but didn't find anything useful about what it actually does, nor does the Vim Wiki. Does anyone know what that command actually does?

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