I've wanted this for a long time. But I don't see why it has to be language-specific. Maybe some of the fancy parts do, but why can't make/cmake/ninja/etc. su

I've wanted this for a long time. But I don't see why it has to be language-specific. Maybe some of the fancy parts do, but why can't make/cmake/ninja/etc. support this in a language independent way? Just basic queries/commands like: 1. run any build steps that directly depend on file X 2. run any build steps that directly or indirectly depend on file X 3. get whether the build of X succeeded or failed, and console output These alone would go so far towards making Vim/Emacs/etc more user-friendly.