This vim bundle simply recognizes .gradle files as being groovy syntax. It also adds a vim compiler plugin for gradle.

• Install pathogen into ~/.vim/autoload/ and add the following line to your ~/.vimrc:

    call pathogen#infect()
  

• Make a clone of the vim-gradle repository:

    mkdir -p ~/.vim/bundle
    cd ~/.vim/bundle
    git clone https://github.com/tfnico/vim-gradle
  

• OR use git submodules:

    git submodule add https://github.com/tfnico/vim-gradle.git bundle/vim-gradle
    git submodule init
  

Of course, if you use Janus, you should put the clone in ~/.janus/ instead.

That's it. Pathogen should handle the rest.

add following line to your ~/.vimrc, or ~/.config/nvim/init.vim if you use neovim:

Plug 'QiBaobin/vim-gradle'

.gradle files will now have groovy syntax highlighting.

You can now use :compiler gradle to set gradle as the compiler. :make build will then run gradle build (for example) and the quickfix window will be loaded with parsed error results.

You can use below line to set a different a different distribution, like gradlew:

set g:gradle_makeprg=./gradlew

Inspiration from vim-less.