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1 *quickfix.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2004 Jun 16
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 This subject is introduced in section |30.1| of the user manual.
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9 1. Using QuickFix commands |quickfix|
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10 2. The error window |quickfix-window|
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11 3. Using more than one list of errors |quickfix-error-lists|
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12 4. Using :make |:make_makeprg|
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13 5. Using :grep |grep|
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14 6. Selecting a compiler |compiler-select|
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15 7. The error format |error-file-format|
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16 8. The directory stack |quickfix-directory-stack|
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17 9. Specific error file formats |errorformats|
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19 {Vi does not have any of these commands}
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21 The quickfix commands are not available when the |+quickfix| feature was
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22 disabled at compile time.
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24 =============================================================================
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25 1. Using QuickFix commands *quickfix* *Quickfix* *E42*
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27 Vim has a special mode to speedup the edit-compile-edit cycle. This is
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28 inspired by the quickfix option of the Manx's Aztec C compiler on the Amiga.
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29 The idea is to save the error messages from the compiler in a file and use Vim
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30 to jump to the errors one by one. You can examine each problem and fix it,
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31 without having to remember all the error messages.
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33 If you are using Manx's Aztec C compiler on the Amiga look here for how to use
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34 it with Vim: |quickfix-manx|. If you are using another compiler you should
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35 save the error messages in a file and start Vim with "vim -q filename". An
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36 easy way to do this is with the |:make| command (see below). The
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37 'errorformat' option should be set to match the error messages from your
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38 compiler (see |errorformat| below).
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39
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40 The following quickfix commands can be used:
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41
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42 *:cc*
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43 :cc[!] [nr] Display error [nr]. If [nr] is omitted, the same
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44 error is displayed again. Without [!] this doesn't
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45 work when jumping to another buffer, the current buffer
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46 has been changed, there is the only window for the
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47 buffer and both 'hidden' and 'autowrite' are off.
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48 When jumping to another buffer with [!] any changes to
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49 the current buffer are lost, unless 'hidden' is set or
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50 there is another window for this buffer.
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51 The 'switchbuf' settings are respected when jumping
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52 to a buffer.
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53
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54 *:cn* *:cnext* *E553*
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55 :[count]cn[ext][!] Display the [count] next error in the list that
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56 includes a file name. If there are no file names at
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57 all, go to the [count] next error. See |:cc| for
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58 [!] and 'switchbuf'.
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60 :[count]cN[ext][!] *:cp* *:cprevious* *:cN* *:cNext*
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61 :[count]cp[revious][!] Display the [count] previous error in the list that
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62 includes a file name. If there are no file names at
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63 all, go to the [count] previous error. See |:cc| for
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64 [!] and 'switchbuf'.
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65
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66 *:cnf* *:cnfile*
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67 :[count]cnf[ile][!] Display the first error in the [count] next file in
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68 the list that includes a file name. If there are no
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69 file names at all or if there is no next file, go to
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70 the [count] next error. See |:cc| for [!] and
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71 'switchbuf'.
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72
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73 :[count]cNf[ile][!] *:cpf* *:cpfile* *:cNf* *:cNfile*
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74 :[count]cpf[ile][!] Display the last error in the [count] previous file in
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75 the list that includes a file name. If there are no
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76 file names at all or if there is no next file, go to
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77 the [count] previous error. See |:cc| for [!] and
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78 'switchbuf'.
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79
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80 *:crewind* *:cr*
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81 :cr[ewind][!] [nr] Display error [nr]. If [nr] is omitted, the FIRST
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82 error is displayed. See |:cc|.
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83
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84 *:cfirst* *:cfir*
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85 :cfir[st][!] [nr] Same as ":crewind".
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87 *:clast* *:cla*
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88 :cla[st][!] [nr] Display error [nr]. If [nr] is omitted, the LAST
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89 error is displayed. See |:cc|.
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91 *:cq* *:cquit*
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92 :cq[uit] Quit Vim with an error code, so that the compiler
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93 will not compile the same file again.
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94
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95 *:cf* *:cfile*
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96 :cf[ile][!] [errorfile] Read the error file and jump to the first error.
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97 This is done automatically when Vim is started with
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98 the -q option. You can use this command when you
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99 keep Vim running while compiling. If you give the
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100 name of the errorfile, the 'errorfile' option will
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101 be set to [errorfile]. See |:cc| for [!].
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103 *:cg* *:cgetfile*
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104 :cg[etfile][!] [errorfile]
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105 Read the error file. Just like ":cfile" but don't
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106 jump to the first error.
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107
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108 *:cl* *:clist*
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109 :cl[ist] [from] [, [to]]
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110 List all errors that are valid |quickfix-valid|.
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111 If numbers [from] and/or [to] are given, the respective
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112 range of errors is listed. A negative number counts
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113 from the last error backwards, -1 being the last error.
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114 The 'switchbuf' settings are respected when jumping
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115 to a buffer.
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117 :cl[ist]! [from] [, [to]]
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118 List all errors.
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120 If you insert or delete lines, mostly the correct error location is still
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121 found because hidden marks are used. Sometimes, when the mark has been
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122 deleted for some reason, the message "line changed" is shown to warn you that
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123 the error location may not be correct. If you quit Vim and start again the
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124 marks are lost and the error locations may not be correct anymore.
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125
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126 =============================================================================
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127 2. The error window *quickfix-window*
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129 *:cope* *:copen*
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130 :cope[n] [height] Open a window to show the current list of errors.
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131 When [height] is given, the window becomes that high
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132 (if there is room). Otherwise the window is made ten
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133 lines high.
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134 The window will contain a special buffer, with
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135 'buftype' equal to "quickfix". Don't change this!
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136 If there already is a quickfix window, it will be made
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137 the current window. It is not possible to open a
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138 second quickfix window.
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139
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140 *:ccl* *:cclose*
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141 :ccl[ose] Close the quickfix window.
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142
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143 *:cw* *:cwindow*
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144 :cw[indow] [height] Open the quickfix window when there are recognized
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145 errors. If the window is already open and there are
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146 no recognized errors, close the window.
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149 Normally the quickfix window is at the bottom of the screen. If there are
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150 vertical splits, it's at the bottom of the rightmost column of windows. To
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151 make it always occupy the full width: >
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152 :botright cwindow
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153 You can move the window around with |window-moving| commands.
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154 For example, to move it to the top: CTRL-W K
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155 The 'winfixheight' option will be set, which means that the window will mostly
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156 keep its height, ignoring 'winheight' and 'equalalways'. You can change the
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157 height manually (e.g., by dragging the status line above it with the mouse).
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158
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159 In the quickfix window, each line is one error. The line number is equal to
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160 the error number. You can use ":.cc" to jump to the error under the cursor.
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161 Hitting the <CR> key or double-clicking the mouse on a line has the same
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162 effect. The file containing the error is opened in the window above the
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163 quickfix window. If there already is a window for that file, it is used
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164 instead. If the buffer in the used window has changed, and the error is in
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165 another file, jumping to the error will fail. You will first have to make
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166 sure the window contains a buffer which can be abandoned.
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167
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168 When the quickfix window has been filled, two autocommand events are
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169 triggered. First the 'filetype' option is set to "qf", which triggers the
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170 FileType event. Then the BufReadPost event is triggered. This can be used to
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171 perform some action on the listed errors. Example: >
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172 au BufReadPost quickfix setlocal nomodifiable
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173 \ | silent g/^/s//\=line(".")." "/
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174 \ | setlocal modifiable
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175 This prepends the line number to each line. Note the use of "\=" in the
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176 substitute string of the ":s" command, which is used to evaluate an
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177 expression.
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178
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179 Note: Making changes in the quickfix window has no effect on the list of
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180 errors. 'modifiable' is off to avoid making changes. If you delete or insert
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181 lines anyway, the relation between the text and the error number is messed up.
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182 If you really want to do this, you could write the contents of the quickfix
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183 window to a file and use ":cfile" to have it parsed and used as the new error
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184 list.
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186 =============================================================================
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187 3. Using more than one list of errors *quickfix-error-lists*
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189 So far has been assumed that there is only one list of errors. Actually the
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190 ten last used lists are remembered. When starting a new list, the previous
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191 ones are automatically kept. Two commands can be used to access older error
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192 lists. They set one of the existing error lists as the current one.
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193
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194 *:colder* *:col* *E380*
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195 :col[der] [count] Go to older error list. When [count] is given, do
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196 this [count] times. When already at the oldest error
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197 list, an error message is given.
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198
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199 *:cnewer* *:cnew* *E381*
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200 :cnew[er] [count] Go to newer error list. When [count] is given, do
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201 this [count] times. When already at the newest error
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202 list, an error message is given.
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203
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204 When adding a new error list, it becomes the current list.
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206 When ":colder" has been used and ":make" or ":grep" is used to add a new error
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207 list, one newer list is overwritten. This is especially useful if you are
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208 browsing with ":grep" |grep|. If you want to keep the more recent error
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209 lists, use ":cnewer 99" first.
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210
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211 =============================================================================
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212 4. Using :make *:make_makeprg*
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214 *:mak* *:make*
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215 :mak[e][!] [arguments] 1. If the 'autowrite' option is on, write any changed
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216 buffers
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217 2. An errorfile name is made from 'makeef'. If
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218 'makeef' doesn't contain "##", and a file with this
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219 name already exists, it is deleted.
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220 3. The program given with the 'makeprg' option is
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221 started (default "make") with the optional
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222 [arguments] and the output is saved in the
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223 errorfile (for Unix it is also echoed on the
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224 screen).
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225 4. The errorfile is read using 'errorformat'.
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226 5. If [!] is not given the first error is jumped to.
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227 6. The errorfile is deleted.
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228 7. You can now move through the errors with commands
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229 like |:cnext| and |:cprevious|, see above.
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230 This command does not accept a comment, any "
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231 characters are considered part of the arguments.
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232
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233 The ":make" command executes the command given with the 'makeprg' option.
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234 This is done by passing the command to the shell given with the 'shell'
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235 option. This works almost like typing
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237 ":!{makeprg} [arguments] {shellpipe} {errorfile}".
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239 {makeprg} is the string given with the 'makeprg' option. Any command can be
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240 used, not just "make". Characters '%' and '#' are expanded as usual on a
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241 command-line. You can use "%<" to insert the current file name without
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242 extension, or "#<" to insert the alternate file name without extension, for
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243 example: >
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244 :set makeprg=make\ #<.o
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245
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246 [arguments] is anything that is typed after ":make".
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247 {shellpipe} is the 'shellpipe' option.
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248 {errorfile} is the 'makeef' option, with ## replaced to make it unique.
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249
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250 The placeholder "$*" can be used for the argument list in {makeprog} if the
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251 command needs some additional characters after its arguments. The $* is
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252 replaced then by all arguments. Example: >
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253 :set makeprg=latex\ \\\\nonstopmode\ \\\\input\\{$*}
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254 or simpler >
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255 :let &mp = 'latex \\nonstopmode \\input\{$*}'
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256 "$*" can be given multiple times, for example: >
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257 :set makeprg=gcc\ -o\ $*\ $*
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258
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259 The 'shellpipe' option defaults to ">" for the Amiga, MS-DOS and Win32. This
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260 means that the output of the compiler is saved in a file and not shown on the
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261 screen directly. For Unix "| tee" is used. The compiler output is shown on
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262 the screen and saved in a file the same time. Depending on the shell used
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263 "|& tee" or "2>&1| tee" is the default, so stderr output will be included.
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264
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265 If 'shellpipe' is empty, the {errorfile} part will be omitted. This is useful
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266 for compilers that write to an errorfile themselves (e.g., Manx's Amiga C).
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267
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268 ==============================================================================
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269 5. Using :grep *grep* *lid*
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270
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271 Vim can interface with "grep" and grep-like programs (such as the GNU
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272 id-utils) in a similar way to its compiler integration (see |:make| above).
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273
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274 [Unix trivia: The name for the Unix "grep" command comes from ":g/re/p", where
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275 "re" stands for Regular Expression.]
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276
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277 *:gr* *:grep*
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278 :gr[ep][!] [arguments] Just like ":make", but use 'grepprg' instead of
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279 'makeprg' and 'grepformat' instead of 'errorformat'.
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280 *:grepa* *:grepadd*
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281 :grepa[dd][!] [arguments]
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282 Just like ":grep", but instead of making a new list of
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283 errors the matches are appended to the current list.
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284 Example: >
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285 :grep nothing %
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286 :bufdo grepadd! something %
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287 < The first command makes a new error list which is
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288 empty. The second command executes "grepadd" for each
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289 listed buffer. Note the use of ! to avoid that
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290 ":grepadd" jumps to the first error, which is not
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291 allowed with |:bufdo|.
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292
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293 5.1 Setting up grep
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294
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295 If you have a standard "grep" program installed, the :grep command may work
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296 well with the defaults. The syntax is very similar to the standard command: >
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297
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298 :grep foo *.c
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299
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300 Will search all files with the .c extension for the substring "foo". The
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301 arguments to :grep are passed straight to the "grep" program, so you can use
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302 whatever options your "grep" supports.
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303
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304 By default, :grep invokes grep with the -n option (show file and line
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305 numbers). You can change this with the 'grepprg' option. You will need to set
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306 'grepprg' if:
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307
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308 a) You are using a program that isn't called "grep"
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309 b) You have to call grep with a full path
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310 c) You want to pass other options automatically (e.g. case insensitive
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311 search.)
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312
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313 Once "grep" has executed, Vim parses the results using the 'grepformat'
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314 option. This option works in the same way as the 'errorformat' option - see
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315 that for details. You may need to change 'grepformat' from the default if
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316 your grep outputs in a non-standard format, or you are using some other
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317 program with a special format.
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318
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319 Once the results are parsed, Vim loads the first file containing a match and
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320 jumps to the appropriate line, in the same way that it jumps to a compiler
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321 error in |quickfix| mode. You can then use the |:cnext|, |:clist|, etc.
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322 commands to see the other matches.
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323
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324
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325 5.2 Using :grep with id-utils
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326
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327 You can set up :grep to work with the GNU id-utils like this: >
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328
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329 :set grepprg=lid\ -Rgrep\ -s
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330 :set grepformat=%f:%l:%m
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331
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332 then >
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333 :grep (regexp)
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334
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335 works just as you'd expect.
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336 (provided you remembered to mkid first :)
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337
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338
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339 5.3 Browsing source code with :grep
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340
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341 Using the stack of error lists that Vim keeps, you can browse your files to
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342 look for functions and the functions they call. For example, suppose that you
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343 have to add an argument to the read_file() function. You enter this command: >
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344
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345 :grep read_file *.c
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346
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347 You use ":cn" to go along the list of matches and add the argument. At one
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348 place you have to get the new argument from a higher level function msg(), and
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349 need to change that one too. Thus you use: >
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350
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351 :grep msg *.c
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352
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353 While changing the msg() functions, you find another function that needs to
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354 get the argument from a higher level. You can again use ":grep" to find these
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355 functions. Once you are finished with one function, you can use >
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356
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357 :colder
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358
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359 to go back to the previous one.
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360
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361 This works like browsing a tree: ":grep" goes one level deeper, creating a
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362 list of branches. ":colder" goes back to the previous level. You can mix
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363 this use of ":grep" and "colder" to browse all the locations in a tree-like
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364 way. If you do this consistently, you will find all locations without the
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365 need to write down a "todo" list.
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367 =============================================================================
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368 6. Selecting a compiler *compiler-select*
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370 *:comp* *:compiler* *E666*
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371 :comp[iler][!] {name} Set options to work with compiler {name}.
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372 Without the "!" options are set for the
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373 current buffer. With "!" global options are
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374 set.
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375 If you use ":compiler foo" in "file.foo" and
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376 then ":compiler! bar" in another buffer, Vim
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377 will keep on using "foo" in "file.foo".
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378 {not available when compiled without the
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379 |+eval| feature}
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380
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381
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382 The Vim plugins in the "compiler" directory will set options to use the
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383 selected compiler. For ":compiler" local options are set, for ":compiler!"
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384 global options.
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385 *current_compiler*
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386 To support older Vim versions, the plugins always use "current_compiler" and
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387 not "b:current_compiler". What the command actually does is the following:
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388
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389 - Delete the "current_compiler" and "b:current_compiler" variables.
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390 - Define the "CompilerSet" user command. With "!" it does ":set", without "!"
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391 it does ":setlocal".
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392 - Execute ":runtime! compiler/{name}.vim". The plugins are expected to set
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393 options with "CompilerSet" and set the "current_compiler" variable to the
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394 name of the compiler.
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395 - Delete the "CompilerSet user command.
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396 - Set "b:current_compiler" to the value of "current_compiler".
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397 - Without "!" the old value of "current_compiler" is restored.
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398
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399
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400 For writing a compiler plugin, see |write-compiler-plugin|.
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401
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402
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403 MANX AZTEC C *quickfix-manx* *compiler-manx*
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405 To use Vim with Manx's Aztec C compiler on the Amiga you should do the
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406 following:
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407 - Set the CCEDIT environment variable with the command: >
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408 mset "CCEDIT=vim -q"
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409 - Compile with the -qf option. If the compiler finds any errors, Vim is
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410 started and the cursor is positioned on the first error. The error message
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411 will be displayed on the last line. You can go to other errors with the
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412 commands mentioned above. You can fix the errors and write the file(s).
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413 - If you exit Vim normally the compiler will re-compile the same file. If you
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414 exit with the :cq command, the compiler will terminate. Do this if you
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415 cannot fix the error, or if another file needs to be compiled first.
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416
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417 There are some restrictions to the Quickfix mode on the Amiga. The
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418 compiler only writes the first 25 errors to the errorfile (Manx's
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419 documentation does not say how to get more). If you want to find the others,
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420 you will have to fix a few errors and exit the editor. After recompiling,
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421 up to 25 remaining errors will be found.
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422
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423 If Vim was started from the compiler, the :sh and some :! commands will not
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424 work, because Vim is then running in the same process as the compiler and
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425 stdin (standard input) will not be interactive.
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426
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427
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428 PYUNIT COMPILER *compiler-pyunit*
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429
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430 This is not actually a compiler, but a unit testing framework for the
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431 Python language. It is included into standard Python distribution
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432 starting from version 2.0. For older versions, you can get it from
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433 http://pyunit.sourceforge.net.
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434
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435 When you run your tests with the help of the framework, possible errors
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436 are parsed by Vim and presented for you in quick-fix mode.
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437
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438 Unfortunately, there is no standard way to run the tests.
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439 The alltests.py script seems to be used quite often, that's all.
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440 Useful values for the 'makeprg' options therefore are:
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441 setlocal makeprg=./alltests.py " Run a testsuite
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442 setlocal makeprg=python % " Run a single testcase
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443
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444 Also see http://vim.sourceforge.net/tip_view.php?tip_id=280.
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445
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446
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447 TEX COMPILER *compiler-tex*
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448
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449 Included in the distribution compiler for TeX ($VIMRUNTIME/compiler/tex.vim)
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450 uses make command if possible. If the compiler finds a file named "Makefile"
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451 or "makefile" in the current directory, it supposes that you want to process
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452 your *TeX files with make, and the makefile does the right work. In this case
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453 compiler sets 'errorformat' for *TeX output and leaves 'makeprg' untouched. If
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454 neither "Makefile" nor "makefile" is found, the compiler will not use make.
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455 You can force the compiler to ignore makefiles by defining
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456 b:tex_ignore_makefile or g:tex_ignore_makefile variable (they are checked for
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457 existence only).
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458
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459 If the compiler chose not to use make, it need to choose a right program for
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460 processing your input. If b:tex_flavor or g:tex_flavor (in this precedence)
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461 variable exists, it defines TeX flavor for :make (actually, this is the name
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462 of executed command), and if both variables do not exist, it defaults to
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463 "latex". For example, while editing chapter2.tex \input-ed from mypaper.tex
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464 written in AMS-TeX: >
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465
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466 :let b:tex_flavor = 'amstex'
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467 :compiler tex
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468 < [editing...] >
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469 :make mypaper
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470
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471 Note that you must specify a name of the file to process as an argument (to
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472 process the right file when editing \input-ed or \include-ed file; portable
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473 solution for substituting % for no arguments is welcome). This is not in the
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474 semantics of make, where you specify a target, not source, but you may specify
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475 filename without extension ".tex" and mean this as "make filename.dvi or
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476 filename.pdf or filename.some_result_extension according to compiler".
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477
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478 Note: tex command line syntax is set to usable both for MikTeX (suggestion
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479 by Srinath Avadhanula) and teTeX (checked by Artem Chuprina). Suggestion
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480 from |errorformat-LaTeX| is too complex to keep it working for different
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481 shells and OSes and also does not allow to use other available TeX options,
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482 if any. If your TeX doesn't support "-interaction=nonstopmode", please
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483 report it with different means to express \nonstopmode from the command line.
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484
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485 =============================================================================
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486 7. The error format *error-file-format*
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487
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488 *errorformat* *E372* *E373* *E374*
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489 *E375* *E376* *E377* *E378*
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490 The 'errorformat' option specifies a list of formats that are recognized. The
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491 first format that matches with an error message is used. You can add several
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492 formats for different messages your compiler produces, or even entries for
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493 multiple compilers. See |efm-entries|.
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494
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495 Each entry in 'errorformat' is a scanf-like string that describes the format.
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496 First, you need to know how scanf works. Look in the documentation of your
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497 C compiler. Below you find the % items that Vim understands. Others are
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498 invalid.
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499
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500 Special characters in 'errorformat' are comma and backslash. See
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501 |efm-entries| for how to deal with them. Note that a literal "%" is matched
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502 by "%%", thus it is not escaped with a backslash.
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503
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504 Note: By default the difference between upper and lowercase is ignored. If
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505 you want to match case, add "\C" to the pattern |/\C|.
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506
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507
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508 Basic items
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509
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510 %f file name (finds a string)
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511 %l line number (finds a number)
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512 %c column number (finds a number representing character
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513 column of the error, (1 <tab> == 1 character column))
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514 %v virtual column number (finds a number representing
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515 screen column of the error (1 <tab> == 8 screen
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516 columns)
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517 %t error type (finds a single character)
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518 %n error number (finds a number)
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519 %m error message (finds a string)
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520 %r matches the "rest" of a single-line file message %O/P/Q
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521 %p pointer line (finds a sequence of '-', '.' or ' ' and
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522 uses the length for the column number)
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523 %*{conv} any scanf non-assignable conversion
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524 %% the single '%' character
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525
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526 The "%f" conversion depends on the current 'isfname' setting.
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527
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528 The "%f" and "%m" conversions have to detect the end of the string. They
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529 should be followed by a character that cannot be in the string. Everything
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530 up to that character is included in the string. But when the next character
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531 is a '%' or a backslash, "%f" will look for any 'isfname' character and "%m"
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532 finds anything. If the "%f" or "%m" is at the end, everything up to the end
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533 of the line is included.
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534
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535 On MS-DOS, MS-Windows and OS/2 a leading "C:" will be included in "%f", even
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536 when using "%f:". This means that a file name which is a single alphabetical
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537 letter will not be detected.
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538
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539 The "%p" conversion is normally followed by a "^". It's used for compilers
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540 that output a line like: >
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541 ^
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542 or >
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543 ---------^
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544 to indicate the column of the error. This is to be used in a multi-line error
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545 message. See |errorformat-javac| for a useful example.
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546
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547
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548 Changing directory
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549
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550 The following uppercase conversion characters specify the type of special
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551 format strings. At most one of them may be given as a prefix at the begin
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552 of a single comma-separated format pattern.
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553 Some compilers produce messages that consist of directory names that have to
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554 be prepended to each file name read by %f (example: GNU make). The following
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555 codes can be used to scan these directory names; they will be stored in an
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556 internal directory stack. *E379*
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557 %D "enter directory" format string; expects a following
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558 %f that finds the directory name
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559 %X "leave directory" format string; expects following %f
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560
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561 When defining an "enter directory" or "leave directory" format, the "%D" or
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562 "%X" has to be given at the start of that substring. Vim tracks the directory
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563 changes and prepends the current directory to each erroneous file found with a
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564 relative path. See |quickfix-directory-stack| for details, tips and
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565 limitations.
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566
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567
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568 Multi-line messages *errorformat-multi-line*
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569
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570 It is possible to read the output of programs that produce multi-line
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571 messages, ie. error strings that consume more than one line. Possible
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572 prefixes are:
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573 %E start of a multi-line error message
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574 %W start of a multi-line warning message
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575 %I start of a multi-line informational message
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576 %A start of a multi-line message (unspecified type)
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577 %C continuation of a multi-line message
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578 %Z end of a multi-line message
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579 These can be used with '+' and '-', see |efm-ignore| below.
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580
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581 Example: Your compiler happens to write out errors in the following format
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582 (leading line numbers not being part of the actual output):
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583
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584 1 Error 275
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585 2 line 42
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586 3 column 3
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587 4 ' ' expected after '--'
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588
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589 The appropriate error format string has to look like this: >
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590 :set efm=%EError\ %n,%Cline\ %l,%Ccolumn\ %c,%Z%m
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591
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592 And the |:clist| error message generated for this error is:
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593
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594 1:42 col 3 error 275: ' ' expected after '--'
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595
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596 Another example: Think of a Python interpreter that produces the following
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597 error message (line numbers are not part of the actual output):
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598
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599 1 ==============================================================
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600 2 FAIL: testGetTypeIdCachesResult (dbfacadeTest.DjsDBFacadeTest)
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601 3 --------------------------------------------------------------
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602 4 Traceback (most recent call last):
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603 5 File "unittests/dbfacadeTest.py", line 89, in testFoo
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604 6 self.assertEquals(34, dtid)
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605 7 File "/usr/lib/python2.2/unittest.py", line 286, in
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606 8 failUnlessEqual
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607 9 raise self.failureException, \
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608 10 AssertionError: 34 != 33
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609 11
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610 12 --------------------------------------------------------------
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611 13 Ran 27 tests in 0.063s
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612
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613 Say you want |:clist| write the relevant information of this message only,
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614 namely:
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615 5 unittests/dbfacadeTest.py:89: AssertionError: 34 != 33
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616
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617 Then the error format string could be defined as follows: >
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618 :set efm=%C\ %.%#,%A\ \ File\ \"%f\"\\,\ line\ %l%.%#,%Z%[%^\ ]%\\@=%m
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619
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620 Note that the %C string is given before the %A here: since the expression
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621 ' %.%#' (which stands for the regular expression ' .*') matches every line
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622 starting with a space, followed by any characters to the end of the line,
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623 it also hides line 7 which would trigger a separate error message otherwise.
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624 Error format strings are always parsed pattern by pattern until the first
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625 match occurs.
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626
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627
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628 Separate file name *errorformat-separate-filename*
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629
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630 These prefixes are useful if the file name is given once and multiple messages
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631 follow that refer to this file name.
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632 %O single-line file message: overread the matched part
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633 %P single-line file message: push file %f onto the stack
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634 %Q single-line file message: pop the last file from stack
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635
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636 Example: Given a compiler that produces the following error logfile (without
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637 leading line numbers):
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638
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639 1 [a1.tt]
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640 2 (1,17) error: ';' missing
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641 3 (21,2) warning: variable 'z' not defined
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642 4 (67,3) error: end of file found before string ended
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643 5
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644 6 [a2.tt]
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645 7
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646 8 [a3.tt]
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647 9 NEW compiler v1.1
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648 10 (2,2) warning: variable 'x' not defined
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649 11 (67,3) warning: 's' already defined
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650
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651 This logfile lists several messages for each file enclosed in [...] which are
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652 properly parsed by an error format like this: >
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653 :set efm=%+P[%f],(%l\\,%c)%*[\ ]%t%*[^:]:\ %m,%-Q
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654
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655 A call of |:clist| writes them accordingly with their correct filenames:
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656
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657 2 a1.tt:1 col 17 error: ';' missing
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658 3 a1.tt:21 col 2 warning: variable 'z' not defined
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659 4 a1.tt:67 col 3 error: end of file found before string ended
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660 8 a3.tt:2 col 2 warning: variable 'x' not defined
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661 9 a3.tt:67 col 3 warning: 's' already defined
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662
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663 Unlike the other prefixes that all match against whole lines, %P, %Q and %O
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664 can be used to match several patterns in the same line. Thus it is possible
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665 to parse even nested files like in the following line:
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666 {"file1" {"file2" error1} error2 {"file3" error3 {"file4" error4 error5}}}
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667 The %O then parses over strings that do not contain any push/pop file name
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668 information. See |errorformat-LaTeX| for an extended example.
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669
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670
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671 Ignoring and using whole messages *efm-ignore*
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672
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673 The codes '+' or '-' can be combined with the uppercase codes above; in that
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674 case they have to precede the letter, eg. '%+A' or '%-G':
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675 %- do not include the matching multi-line in any output
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676 %+ include the whole matching line in the %m error string
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677
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678 One prefix is only useful in combination with '+' or '-', namely %G. It parses
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679 over lines containing general information like compiler version strings or
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680 other headers that can be skipped.
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681 %-G ignore this message
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682 %+G general message
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683
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684
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685 Pattern matching
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686
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687 The scanf()-like "%*[]" notation is supported for backward-compatibility
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688 with previous versions of Vim. However, it is also possible to specify
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689 (nearly) any Vim supported regular expression in format strings.
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690 Since meta characters of the regular expression language can be part of
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691 ordinary matching strings or file names (and therefore internally have to
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692 be escaped), meta symbols have to be written with leading '%':
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693 %\ the single '\' character. Note that this has to be
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694 escaped ("%\\") in ":set errorformat=" definitions.
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695 %. the single '.' character.
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696 %# the single '*'(!) character.
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697 %^ the single '^' character.
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698 %$ the single '$' character.
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699 %[ the single '[' character for a [] character range.
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700 %~ the single '~' character.
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701 When using character classes in expressions (see |/\i| for an overview),
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702 terms containing the "\+" quantifier can be written in the scanf() "%*"
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703 notation. Example: "%\\d%\\+" ("\d\+", "any number") is equivalent to "%*\\d".
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704 Important note: The \(...\) grouping of sub-matches can not be used in format
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705 specifications because it is reserved for internal conversions.
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706
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707
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708 Multiple entries in 'errorformat' *efm-entries*
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709
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710 To be able to detect output from several compilers, several format patterns
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711 may be put in 'errorformat', separated by commas (note: blanks after the comma
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712 are ignored). The first pattern that has a complete match is used. If no
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713 match is found, matching parts from the last one will be used, although the
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714 file name is removed and the error message is set to the whole message. If
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715 there is a pattern that may match output from several compilers (but not in a
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716 right way), put it after one that is more restrictive.
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717
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718 To include a comma in a pattern precede it with a backslash (you have to type
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719 two in a ":set" command). To include a backslash itself give two backslashes
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720 (you have to type four in a ":set" command). You also need to put a backslash
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721 before a space for ":set".
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722
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723
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724 Valid matches *quickfix-valid*
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725
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726 If a line does not completely match one of the entries in 'errorformat', the
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727 whole line is put in the error message and the entry is marked "not valid"
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728 These lines are skipped with the ":cn" and ":cp" commands (unless there is
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729 no valid line at all). You can use ":cl!" to display all the error messages.
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730
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731 If the error format does not contain a file name Vim cannot switch to the
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732 correct file. You will have to do this by hand.
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733
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734
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735 Examples
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736
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737 The format of the file from the Amiga Aztec compiler is:
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738
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739 filename>linenumber:columnnumber:errortype:errornumber:errormessage
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740
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741 filename name of the file in which the error was detected
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742 linenumber line number where the error was detected
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743 columnnumber column number where the error was detected
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744 errortype type of the error, normally a single 'E' or 'W'
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745 errornumber number of the error (for lookup in the manual)
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746 errormessage description of the error
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747
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748 This can be matched with this 'errorformat' entry:
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749 %f>%l:%c:%t:%n:%m
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750
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751 Some examples for C compilers that produce single-line error outputs:
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752 %f:%l:\ %t%*[^0123456789]%n:\ %m for Manx/Aztec C error messages
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753 (scanf() doesn't understand [0-9])
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754 %f\ %l\ %t%*[^0-9]%n:\ %m for SAS C
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755 \"%f\"\\,%*[^0-9]%l:\ %m for generic C compilers
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756 %f:%l:\ %m for GCC
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757 %f:%l:\ %m,%Dgmake[%*\\d]:\ Entering\ directory\ `%f',
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758 %Dgmake[%*\\d]:\ Leaving\ directory\ `%f'
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759 for GCC with gmake (concat the lines!)
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760 %f(%l)\ :\ %*[^:]:\ %m old SCO C compiler (pre-OS5)
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761 %f(%l)\ :\ %t%*[^0-9]%n:\ %m idem, with error type and number
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762 %f:%l:\ %m,In\ file\ included\ from\ %f:%l:,\^I\^Ifrom\ %f:%l%m
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763 for GCC, with some extras
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764
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765 Extended examples for the handling of multi-line messages are given below,
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766 see |errorformat-Jikes| and |errorformat-LaTeX|.
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767
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768 Note the backslash in front of a space and double quote. It is required for
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769 the :set command. There are two backslashes in front of a comma, one for the
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770 :set command and one to avoid recognizing the comma as a separator of error
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771 formats.
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772
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773
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774 Filtering messages
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775
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776 If you have a compiler that produces error messages that do not fit in the
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777 format string, you could write a program that translates the error messages
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778 into this format. You can use this program with the ":make" command by
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779 changing the 'makeprg' option. For example: >
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780 :set mp=make\ \\\|&\ error_filter
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781 The backslashes before the pipe character are required to avoid it to be
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782 recognized as a command separator. The backslash before each space is
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783 required for the set command.
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784
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785 =============================================================================
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786 8. The directory stack *quickfix-directory-stack*
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787
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788 Quickfix maintains a stack for saving all used directories parsed from the
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789 make output. For GNU-make this is rather simple, as it always prints the
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790 absolute path of all directories it enters and leaves. Regardless if this is
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791 done via a 'cd' command in the makefile or with the parameter "-C dir" (change
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792 to directory before reading the makefile). It may be useful to use the switch
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793 "-w" to force GNU-make to print out the working directory before and after
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794 processing.
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795
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796 Maintaining the correct directory is more complicated if you don't use
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797 GNU-make. AIX-make for example doesn't print any information about its working
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9
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798 directory. Then you need to enhance the makefile. In the makefile of LessTif
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7
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799 there is a command which echoes "Making {target} in {dir}". The special
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800 problem here is that it doesn't print informations on leaving the directory
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801 and that it doesn't print the absolute path.
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802
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803 To solve the problem with relative paths and missing "leave directory"
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804 messages Vim uses following algorithm:
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805
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806 1) Check if the given directory is a subdirectory of the current directory.
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807 If this is true, store it as the current directory.
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808 2) If it is not a subdir of the current directory, try if this is a
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809 subdirectory of one of the upper directories.
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810 3) If the directory still isn't found, it is assumed to be a subdirectory
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811 of Vim's current directory.
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812
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813 Additionally it is checked for every file, if it really exists in the
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814 identified directory. If not, it is searched in all other directories of the
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815 directory stack (NOT the directory subtree!). If it is still not found, it is
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816 assumed that it is in Vim's current directory.
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817
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818 There are limitation in this algorithm. This examples assume that make just
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819 prints information about entering a directory in the form "Making all in dir".
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820
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821 1) Assume you have following directories and files:
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822 ./dir1
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823 ./dir1/file1.c
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824 ./file1.c
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825
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826 If make processes the directory "./dir1" before the current directory and
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827 there is an error in the file "./file1.c", you will end up with the file
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828 "./dir1/file.c" loaded by Vim.
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829
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830 This can only be solved with a "leave directory" message.
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831
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832 2) Assume you have following directories and files:
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833 ./dir1
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834 ./dir1/dir2
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835 ./dir2
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836
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837 You get the following:
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838
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839 Make output Directory interpreted by Vim
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840 ------------------------ ----------------------------
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841 Making all in dir1 ./dir1
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842 Making all in dir2 ./dir1/dir2
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843 Making all in dir2 ./dir1/dir2
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844
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845 This can be solved by printing absolute directories in the "enter directory"
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846 message or by printing "leave directory" messages..
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847
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848 To avoid this problems, ensure to print absolute directory names and "leave
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849 directory" messages.
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850
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851 Examples for Makefiles:
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852
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853 Unix:
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854 libs:
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855 for dn in $(LIBDIRS); do \
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856 (cd $$dn; echo "Entering dir '$$(pwd)'"; make); \
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857 echo "Leaving dir"; \
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858 done
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859
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860 Add
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861 %DEntering\ dir\ '%f',%XLeaving\ dir
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862 to your 'errorformat' to handle the above output.
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863
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864 Note that Vim doesn't check if the directory name in a "leave directory"
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865 messages is the current directory. This is why you could just use the message
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866 "Leaving dir".
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867
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868 =============================================================================
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869 9. Specific error file formats *errorformats*
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870
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871 *errorformat-Jikes*
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872 Jikes(TM), a source-to-bytecode Java compiler published by IBM Research,
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873 produces simple multi-line error messages.
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874
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875 An 'errorformat' string matching the produced messages is shown below.
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876 The following lines can be placed in the user's |vimrc| to overwrite Vim's
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877 recognized default formats, or see |:set+=| how to install this format
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878 additionally to the default. >
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879
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880 :set efm=%A%f:%l:%c:%*\\d:%*\\d:,
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881 \%C%*\\s%trror:%m,
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882 \%+C%*[^:]%trror:%m,
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883 \%C%*\\s%tarning:%m,
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884 \%C%m
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885 <
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886 Jikes(TM) produces a single-line error message when invoked with the option
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887 "+E", and can be matched with the following: >
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888
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889 :set efm=%f:%l:%v:%*\\d:%*\\d:%*\\s%m
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890 <
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891 *errorformat-javac*
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892 This 'errorformat' has been reported to work well for javac, which outputs a
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893 line with "^" to indicate the column of the error: >
|
|
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894 :set efm=%A%f:%l:\ %m,%-Z%p^,%-C%.%#
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895 or: >
|
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896 :set efm=%A%f:%l:\ %m,%+Z%p^,%+C%.%#,%-G%.%#
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897 <
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898 *errorformat-ant*
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899 For ant (http://jakarta.apache.org/) the above errorformat has to be modified
|
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900 to honour the leading [javac] in front of each javac output line: >
|
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901 :set efm=%A\ %#[javac]\ %f:%l:\ %m,%-Z\ %#[javac]\ %p^,%-C%.%#
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902
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903 The 'errorformat' can also be configured to handle ant together with either
|
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904 javac or jikes. If you're using jikes, you should tell ant to use jikes' +E
|
|
|
905 command line switch which forces jikes to generate one-line error messages.
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|
906 This is what the second line (of a build.xml file) below does: >
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907 <property name = "build.compiler" value = "jikes"/>
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908 <property name = "build.compiler.emacs" value = "true"/>
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909
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910 The 'errorformat' which handles ant with both javac and jikes is: >
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911 :set efm=\ %#[javac]\ %#%f:%l:%c:%*\\d:%*\\d:\ %t%[%^:]%#:%m,
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912 \%A\ %#[javac]\ %f:%l:\ %m,%-Z\ %#[javac]\ %p^,%-C%.%#
|
|
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913 <
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914 *errorformat-jade*
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915 parsing jade (see http://www.jclark.com/) errors is simple: >
|
|
|
916 :set efm=jade:%f:%l:%c:%t:%m
|
|
|
917 <
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918 *errorformat-LaTeX*
|
|
|
919 The following is an example how an 'errorformat' string can be specified
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|
|
920 for the (La)TeX typesetting system which displays error messages over
|
|
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921 multiple lines. The output of ":clist" and ":cc" etc. commands displays
|
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922 multi-lines in a single line, leading white space is removed.
|
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|
923 It should be easy to adopt the above LaTeX errorformat to any compiler output
|
|
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924 consisting of multi-line errors.
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925
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926 The commands can be placed in a |vimrc| file or some other Vim script file,
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927 eg. a script containing LaTeX related stuff which is loaded only when editing
|
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928 LaTeX sources.
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|
929 Make sure to copy all lines of the example (in the given order), afterwards
|
|
|
930 remove the comment lines. For the '\' notation at the start of some lines see
|
|
|
931 |line-continuation|.
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|
|
932
|
|
|
933 First prepare 'makeprg' such that LaTeX will report multiple
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|
934 errors; do not stop when the first error has occurred: >
|
|
|
935 :set makeprg=latex\ \\\\nonstopmode\ \\\\input\\{$*}
|
|
|
936 <
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|
937 Start of multi-line error messages: >
|
|
|
938 :set efm=%E!\ LaTeX\ %trror:\ %m,
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|
|
939 \%E!\ %m,
|
|
|
940 < Start of multi-line warning messages; the first two also
|
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|
941 include the line number. Meaning of some regular expressions:
|
|
|
942 - "%.%#" (".*") matches a (possibly empty) string
|
|
|
943 - "%*\\d" ("\d\+") matches a number >
|
|
|
944 \%+WLaTeX\ %.%#Warning:\ %.%#line\ %l%.%#,
|
|
|
945 \%+W%.%#\ at\ lines\ %l--%*\\d,
|
|
|
946 \%WLaTeX\ %.%#Warning:\ %m,
|
|
|
947 < Possible continuations of error/warning messages; the first
|
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|
948 one also includes the line number: >
|
|
|
949 \%Cl.%l\ %m,
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|
950 \%+C\ \ %m.,
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|
951 \%+C%.%#-%.%#,
|
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|
952 \%+C%.%#[]%.%#,
|
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953 \%+C[]%.%#,
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|
954 \%+C%.%#%[{}\\]%.%#,
|
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|
955 \%+C<%.%#>%.%#,
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956 \%C\ \ %m,
|
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957 < Lines that match the following patterns do not contain any
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|
958 important information; do not include them in messages: >
|
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|
959 \%-GSee\ the\ LaTeX%m,
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|
960 \%-GType\ \ H\ <return>%m,
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961 \%-G\ ...%.%#,
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962 \%-G%.%#\ (C)\ %.%#,
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963 \%-G(see\ the\ transcript%.%#),
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964 < Generally exclude any empty or whitespace-only line from
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965 being displayed: >
|
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966 \%-G\\s%#,
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967 < The LaTeX output log does not specify the names of erroneous
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968 source files per line; rather they are given globally,
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969 enclosed in parentheses.
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|
970 The following patterns try to match these names and store
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971 them in an internal stack. The patterns possibly scan over
|
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972 the same input line (one after another), the trailing "%r"
|
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|
973 conversion indicates the "rest" of the line that will be
|
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974 parsed in the next go until the end of line is reached.
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|
975
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|
|
976 Overread a file name enclosed in '('...')'; do not push it
|
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|
977 on a stack since the file apparently does not contain any
|
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|
978 error: >
|
|
|
979 \%+O(%f)%r,
|
|
|
980 < Push a file name onto the stack. The name is given after '(': >
|
|
|
981 \%+P(%f%r,
|
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|
982 \%+P\ %\\=(%f%r,
|
|
|
983 \%+P%*[^()](%f%r,
|
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|
984 \%+P[%\\d%[^()]%#(%f%r,
|
|
|
985 < Pop the last stored file name when a ')' is scanned: >
|
|
|
986 \%+Q)%r,
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987 \%+Q%*[^()])%r,
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988 \%+Q[%\\d%*[^()])%r
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989
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990 Note that in some cases file names in the LaTeX output log cannot be parsed
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991 properly. The parser might have been messed up by unbalanced parentheses
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992 then. The above example tries to catch the most relevant cases only.
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993 You can customize the given setting to suit your own purposes, for example,
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994 all the annoying "Overfull ..." warnings could be excluded from being
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995 recognized as an error.
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996 Alternatively to filtering the LaTeX compiler output, it is also possible
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997 to directly read the *.log file that is produced by the [La]TeX compiler.
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998 This contains even more useful information about possible error causes.
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999 However, to properly parse such a complex file, an external filter should
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1000 be used. See the description further above how to make such a filter known
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1001 by Vim.
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1002
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1003 *errorformat-Perl*
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1004 In $VIMRUNTIME/tools you can find the efm_perl.pl script, which filters Perl
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1005 error messages into a format that quickfix mode will understand. See the
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1006 start of the file about how to use it.
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1007
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1008
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1009
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1010 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl:
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