diff --git a/after/ftplugin/cpp.vim b/after/ftplugin/cpp.vim
index 4fe80ab..4dd59bc 100644
--- a/after/ftplugin/cpp.vim
+++ b/after/ftplugin/cpp.vim
@@ -1 +1,30 @@
-nnoremap <F9> :<C-U>w <CR> :!g++ -Wall -std=c++11 % -o %<&&./%<<CR>
+nnoremap <silent> <buffer> <F9> :call <SID>compile_run_cpp()<CR>
+
+function! s:compile_run_cpp() abort
+  let src_path = expand('%:p:~')
+  let src_noext = expand('%:p:~:r')
+  " The building flags
+  let _flag = '-Wall -Wextra -std=c++11 -O2'
+
+  if executable('clang++')
+    let prog = 'clang++'
+  elseif executable('g++')
+    let prog = 'g++'
+  else
+    echoerr 'No C++ compiler found on the system!'
+  endif
+  call s:create_term_buf('h', 20)
+  execute printf('term %s %s %s -o %s && %s', prog, _flag, src_path, src_noext, src_noext)
+  startinsert
+endfunction
+
+function s:create_term_buf(_type, size) abort
+  set splitbelow
+  set splitright
+  if a:_type ==# 'v'
+    vnew
+  else
+    new
+  endif
+  execute 'resize ' . a:size
+endfunction
diff --git a/core/plugins.vim b/core/plugins.vim
index 78bfb74..0df68f2 100644
--- a/core/plugins.vim
+++ b/core/plugins.vim
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ Plug 'machakann/vim-swap'
 " IDE for Lisp
 " Plug 'kovisoft/slimv'
 Plug 'vlime/vlime', {'rtp': 'vim/', 'for': 'lisp'}
+
+" C++ semantic highlighting
+Plug 'jackguo380/vim-lsp-cxx-highlight'
 "}}
 
 "{{ Search related plugins
@@ -390,6 +393,24 @@ if executable('pyls')
   augroup END
 endif
 
+if executable('ccls')
+  augroup ccls_setup
+    autocmd!
+    au User lsp_setup call lsp#register_server({
+        \ 'name': 'ccls',
+        \ 'cmd': {server_info->['ccls']},
+        \ 'root_uri': {server_info->lsp#utils#path_to_uri(
+        \   lsp#utils#find_nearest_parent_file_directory(
+        \     lsp#utils#get_buffer_path(), ['.ccls', 'compile_commands.json', '.git/']))},
+        \ 'initialization_options': {
+        \   'highlight': { 'lsRanges' : v:true },
+        \   'cache': {'directory': stdpath('cache') . '/ccls' },
+        \ },
+        \ 'whitelist': ['c', 'cpp', 'objc', 'objcpp', 'cc'],
+        \ })
+  augroup END
+endif
+
 if executable('vim-language-server')
   augroup LspVim
     autocmd!
@@ -546,9 +567,12 @@ endif
 
 "{{ Navigation and tags
 """"""""""""""""""""""""""" gutentags settings """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""
-let g:gutentags_ctags_exclude = ['*.md', '*.html', '*.json', '*.toml', '*.css', '*.js',]
 " The path to store tags files, instead of in the project root.
 let g:gutentags_cache_dir = stdpath('cache') . '/ctags'
+let g:gutentags_ctags_extra_args = ['--fields=+niazS', '--extra=+q']
+let g:gutentags_ctags_extra_args += ['--c++-kinds=+px']
+let g:gutentags_ctags_extra_args += ['--c-kinds=+px']
+let g:gutentags_ctags_exclude = ['*.md', '*.html', '*.json', '*.toml', '*.css', '*.js',]
 
 """"""""""""""""""""""""""" vista settings """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
 let g:vista#renderer#icons = {