annotate runtime/doc/quickfix.txt @ 18475:709c6b0dc78f v8.1.2231

patch 8.1.2231: not easy to move to the middle of a text line Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/8b530c1ff91f07cf6b0289a536992b7dfbc86598 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Mon Oct 28 02:13:05 2019 +0100 patch 8.1.2231: not easy to move to the middle of a text line Problem: Not easy to move to the middle of a text line. Solution: Add the gM command. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/2070)
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1 *quickfix.txt* For Vim version 8.1. Last change: 2019 Oct 22
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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 The quickfix commands are not available when the |+quickfix| feature was
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22 =============================================================================
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23 1. Using QuickFix commands *quickfix* *Quickfix* *E42*
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25 Vim has a special mode to speedup the edit-compile-edit cycle. This is
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26 inspired by the quickfix option of the Manx's Aztec C compiler on the Amiga.
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27 The idea is to save the error messages from the compiler in a file and use Vim
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28 to jump to the errors one by one. You can examine each problem and fix it,
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29 without having to remember all the error messages.
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31 In Vim the quickfix commands are used more generally to find a list of
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32 positions in files. For example, |:vimgrep| finds pattern matches. You can
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34 do a lot more than the edit/compile/fix cycle!
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36 If you have the error messages in a file you can start Vim with: >
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39 From inside Vim an easy way to run a command and handle the output is with the
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40 |:make| command (see below).
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42 The 'errorformat' option should be set to match the error messages from your
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45 *quickfix-ID*
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46 Each quickfix list has a unique identifier called the quickfix ID and this
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52 *location-list* *E776*
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53 A location list is a window-local quickfix list. You get one after commands
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57 *location-list-file-window*
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58 A location list is associated with a window and each window can have a
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59 separate location list. A location list can be associated with only one
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66 *quickfix-changedtick*
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74 The following quickfix commands can be used. The location list commands are
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92 When jumping to another buffer with [!] any changes to
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94 there is another window for this buffer.
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95 The 'switchbuf' settings are respected when jumping
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101 *:ll*
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102 :ll[!] [nr] Same as ":cc", except the location list for the
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105 *:cn* *:cne* *:cnext* *E553*
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106 :[count]cn[ext][!] Display the [count] next error in the list that
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111 *:lne* *:lnext*
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112 :[count]lne[xt][!] Same as ":cnext", except the location list for the
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138 *:lab* *:labove*
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157 *:cbe* *:cbefore*
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167 *:lbe* *:lbefore*
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171 *:caf* *:cafter*
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182 :[count]laf[ter] Same as ":cafter", except the location list for the
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192 *:lnf* *:lnfile*
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193 :[count]lnf[ile][!] Same as ":cnfile", except the location list for the
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204 :[count]lNf[ile][!] *:lpf* *:lpfile* *:lNf* *:lNfile*
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209 *:crewind* *:cr*
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210 :cr[ewind][!] [nr] Display error [nr]. If [nr] is omitted, the FIRST
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228 :lla[st][!] [nr] Same as ":clast", except the location list for the
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231 *:cq* *:cquit*
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232 :cq[uit][!] Quit Vim with an error code, so that the compiler
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238 *:cf* *:cfile*
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239 :cf[ile][!] [errorfile] Read the error file and jump to the first error.
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249 *:lf* *:lfi* *:lfile*
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250 :lf[ile][!] [errorfile] Same as ":cfile", except the location list for the
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256 :cg[etfile] [errorfile] *:cg* *:cgetfile*
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258 jump to the first error.
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264 :lg[etfile] [errorfile] *:lg* *:lge* *:lgetfile*
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268 *:caddf* *:caddfile*
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276 *:laddf* *:laddfile*
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277 :laddf[ile] [errorfile] Same as ":caddfile", except the location list for the
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280 *:cb* *:cbuffer* *E681*
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281 :cb[uffer][!] [bufnr] Read the error list from the current buffer.
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287 See |:cc| for [!].
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289 *:lb* *:lbuffer*
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294 :cgetb[uffer] [bufnr] Read the error list from the current buffer. Just
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295 like ":cbuffer" but don't jump to the first error.
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297 *:lgetb* *:lgetbuffer*
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298 :lgetb[uffer] [bufnr] Same as ":cgetbuffer", except the location list for
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299 the current window is used instead of the quickfix
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300 list.
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302 *:cad* *:cadd* *:caddbuffer*
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303 :cad[dbuffer] [bufnr] Read the error list from the current buffer and add
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305 quickfix list is not present, then a new list is
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306 created. Otherwise, same as ":cbuffer".
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308 *:laddb* *:laddbuffer*
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309 :laddb[uffer] [bufnr] Same as ":caddbuffer", except the location list for
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310 the current window is used instead of the quickfix
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311 list.
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313 *:cex* *:cexpr* *E777*
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314 :cex[pr][!] {expr} Create a quickfix list using the result of {expr} and
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315 jump to the first error.
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316 If {expr} is a String, then each new-line terminated
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318 of 'errorformat' and the result is added to the
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319 quickfix list.
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320 If {expr} is a List, then each String item in the list
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321 is processed and added to the quickfix list. Non
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322 String items in the List are ignored.
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323 See |:cc| for [!].
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324 Examples: >
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325 :cexpr system('grep -n xyz *')
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326 :cexpr getline(1, '$')
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327 <
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328 *:lex* *:lexpr*
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329 :lex[pr][!] {expr} Same as |:cexpr|, except the location list for the
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330 current window is used instead of the quickfix list.
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331
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332 *:cgete* *:cgetexpr*
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333 :cgete[xpr] {expr} Create a quickfix list using the result of {expr}.
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334 Just like |:cexpr|, but don't jump to the first error.
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336 *:lgete* *:lgetexpr*
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337 :lgete[xpr] {expr} Same as |:cgetexpr|, except the location list for the
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338 current window is used instead of the quickfix list.
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340 *:cadde* *:caddexpr*
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341 :cadde[xpr] {expr} Evaluate {expr} and add the resulting lines to the
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342 current quickfix list. If a quickfix list is not
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343 present, then a new list is created. The current
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344 cursor position will not be changed. See |:cexpr| for
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345 more information.
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346 Example: >
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347 :g/mypattern/caddexpr expand("%") . ":" . line(".") . ":" . getline(".")
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348 <
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349 *:lad* *:addd* *:laddexpr*
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350 :lad[dexpr] {expr} Same as ":caddexpr", except the location list for the
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354 :cl[ist] [from] [, [to]]
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355 List all errors that are valid |quickfix-valid|.
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356 If numbers [from] and/or [to] are given, the respective
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357 range of errors is listed. A negative number counts
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359 The 'switchbuf' settings are respected when jumping
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362 quickfix entries matching a supplied pattern. The
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363 pattern is matched against the filename, module name,
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364 pattern and text of the entry.
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371 List all errors.
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373 :cl[ist]! +{count} List the current and next {count} error lines. This
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376 8384 testje.java:252: error: cannot find symbol ~
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377 Then using ":cl! +3" shows the reason:
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378 8384 testje.java:252: error: cannot find symbol ~
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379 8385: ZexitCode = Fmainx(); ~
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380 8386: ^ ~
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381 8387: symbol: method Fmainx() ~
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383 :lli[st] [from] [, [to]] *:lli* *:llist*
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384 Same as ":clist", except the location list for the
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385 current window is used instead of the quickfix list.
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387 :lli[st]! [from] [, [to]]
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388 List all the entries in the location list for the
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389 current window.
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397 Two autocommands are available for running commands before and after a
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398 quickfix command (':make', ':grep' and so on) is executed. See
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399 |QuickFixCmdPre| and |QuickFixCmdPost| for details.
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402 When 'encoding' differs from the locale, the error messages may have a
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403 different encoding from what Vim is using. To convert the messages you can
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404 use this code: >
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405 function QfMakeConv()
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406 let qflist = getqflist()
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407 for i in qflist
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408 let i.text = iconv(i.text, "cp936", "utf-8")
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409 endfor
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410 call setqflist(qflist)
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411 endfunction
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416 *quickfix-title*
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417 Every quickfix and location list has a title. By default the title is set to
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419 functions can be used to get the title of a quickfix and a location list
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421 modify the title of a quickfix and location list respectively. Examples: >
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422 call setqflist([], 'a', {'title' : 'Cmd output'})
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423 echo getqflist({'title' : 1})
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424 call setloclist(3, [], 'a', {'title' : 'Cmd output'})
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425 echo getloclist(3, {'title' : 1})
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427 *quickfix-index*
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428 When you jump to a quickfix/location list entry using any of the quickfix
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429 commands (e.g. |:cc|, |:cnext|, |:cprev|, etc.), that entry becomes the
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432 functions. Examples: >
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433 echo getqflist({'idx' : 0}).idx
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434 echo getqflist({'id' : qfid, 'idx' : 0}).idx
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435 echo getloclist(2, {'idx' : 0}).idx
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437 For a new quickfix list, the first entry is selected and the index is 1. Any
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438 entry in any quickfix/location list can be set as the currently selected entry
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439 using the setqflist() function. Examples: >
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440 call setqflist([], 'a', {'idx' : 12})
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441 call setqflist([], 'a', {'id' : qfid, 'idx' : 7})
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442 call setloclist(1, [], 'a', {'idx' : 7})
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443 <
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444 *quickfix-size*
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445 You can get the number of entries (size) in a quickfix and a location list
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446 using the |getqflist()| and |getloclist()| functions respectively. Examples: >
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447 echo getqflist({'size' : 1})
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448 echo getloclist(5, {'size' : 1})
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449 <
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450 *quickfix-context*
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451 Any Vim type can be associated as a context with a quickfix or location list.
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452 The |setqflist()| and the |setloclist()| functions can be used to associate a
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453 context with a quickfix and a location list respectively. The |getqflist()|
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454 and the |getloclist()| functions can be used to retrieve the context of a
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455 quickfix and a location list respectively. This is useful for a Vim plugin
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456 dealing with multiple quickfix/location lists.
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457 Examples: >
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458
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459 let somectx = {'name' : 'Vim', 'type' : 'Editor'}
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460 call setqflist([], 'a', {'context' : somectx})
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461 echo getqflist({'context' : 1})
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463 let newctx = ['red', 'green', 'blue']
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464 call setloclist(2, [], 'a', {'id' : qfid, 'context' : newctx})
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465 echo getloclist(2, {'id' : qfid, 'context' : 1})
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466 <
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467 *quickfix-parse*
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468 You can parse a list of lines using 'errorformat' without creating or
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469 modifying a quickfix list using the |getqflist()| function. Examples: >
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470 echo getqflist({'lines' : ["F1:10:Line10", "F2:20:Line20"]})
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471 echo getqflist({'lines' : systemlist('grep -Hn quickfix *')})
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472 This returns a dictionary where the 'items' key contains the list of quickfix
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473 entries parsed from lines. The following shows how to use a custom
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474 'errorformat' to parse the lines without modifying the 'errorformat' option: >
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475 echo getqflist({'efm' : '%f#%l#%m', 'lines' : ['F1#10#Line']})
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476 <
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477
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478 EXECUTE A COMMAND IN ALL THE BUFFERS IN QUICKFIX OR LOCATION LIST:
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479 *:cdo*
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480 :cdo[!] {cmd} Execute {cmd} in each valid entry in the quickfix list.
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481 It works like doing this: >
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482 :cfirst
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483 :{cmd}
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484 :cnext
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485 :{cmd}
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486 etc.
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487 < When the current file can't be |abandon|ed and the [!]
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488 is not present, the command fails.
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489 When going to the next entry fails execution stops.
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490 The last buffer (or where an error occurred) becomes
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491 the current buffer.
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492 {cmd} can contain '|' to concatenate several commands.
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494 Only valid entries in the quickfix list are used.
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495 A range can be used to select entries, e.g.: >
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496 :10,$cdo cmd
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497 < To skip entries 1 to 9.
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498
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499 Note: While this command is executing, the Syntax
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500 autocommand event is disabled by adding it to
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501 'eventignore'. This considerably speeds up editing
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502 each buffer.
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503 Also see |:bufdo|, |:tabdo|, |:argdo|, |:windo|,
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504 |:ldo|, |:cfdo| and |:lfdo|.
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505
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506 *:cfdo*
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507 :cfdo[!] {cmd} Execute {cmd} in each file in the quickfix list.
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508 It works like doing this: >
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509 :cfirst
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510 :{cmd}
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511 :cnfile
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512 :{cmd}
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513 etc.
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514 < Otherwise it works the same as `:cdo`.
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516 *:ldo*
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517 :ld[o][!] {cmd} Execute {cmd} in each valid entry in the location list
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518 for the current window.
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519 It works like doing this: >
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520 :lfirst
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521 :{cmd}
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522 :lnext
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523 :{cmd}
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524 etc.
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525 < Only valid entries in the location list are used.
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526 Otherwise it works the same as `:cdo`.
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528 *:lfdo*
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529 :lfdo[!] {cmd} Execute {cmd} in each file in the location list for
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530 the current window.
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531 It works like doing this: >
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532 :lfirst
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533 :{cmd}
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534 :lnfile
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535 :{cmd}
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536 etc.
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537 < Otherwise it works the same as `:ldo`.
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538
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539 FILTERING A QUICKFIX OR LOCATION LIST:
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540 *cfilter-plugin* *:Cfilter* *:Lfilter*
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541 If you have too many entries in a quickfix list, you can use the cfilter
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542 plugin to reduce the number of entries. Load the plugin with: >
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543
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544 packadd cfilter
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545
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546 Then you can use the following commands to filter a quickfix/location list: >
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547
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548 :Cfilter[!] /{pat}/
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549 :Lfilter[!] /{pat}/
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550
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551 The |:Cfilter| command creates a new quickfix list from the entries matching
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552 {pat} in the current quickfix list. {pat} is a Vim |regular-expression|
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553 pattern. Both the file name and the text of the entries are matched against
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554 {pat}. If the optional ! is supplied, then the entries not matching {pat} are
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555 used. The pattern can be optionally enclosed using one of the following
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556 characters: ', ", /. If the pattern is empty, then the last used search
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557 pattern is used.
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558
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559 The |:Lfilter| command does the same as |:Cfilter| but operates on the current
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560 location list.
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561
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562 =============================================================================
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563 2. The error window *quickfix-window*
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565 *:cope* *:copen* *w:quickfix_title*
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566 :cope[n] [height] Open a window to show the current list of errors.
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567
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568 When [height] is given, the window becomes that high
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569 (if there is room). When [height] is omitted the
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570 window is made ten lines high.
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571
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572 If there already is a quickfix window, it will be made
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573 the current window. It is not possible to open a
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574 second quickfix window. If [height] is given the
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575 existing window will be resized to it.
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576
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577 *quickfix-buffer*
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578 The window will contain a special buffer, with
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579 'buftype' equal to "quickfix". Don't change this!
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580 The window will have the w:quickfix_title variable set
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581 which will indicate the command that produced the
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582 quickfix list. This can be used to compose a custom
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583 status line if the value of 'statusline' is adjusted
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584 properly. Whenever this buffer is modified by a
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585 quickfix command or function, the |b:changedtick|
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586 variable is incremented. You can get the number of
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587 this buffer using the getqflist() and getloclist()
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588 functions by passing the 'qfbufnr' item. For a
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589 location list, this buffer is wiped out when the
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590 location list is removed.
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592 *:lop* *:lopen*
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593 :lop[en] [height] Open a window to show the location list for the
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594 current window. Works only when the location list for
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595 the current window is present. You can have more than
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596 one location window opened at a time. Otherwise, it
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597 acts the same as ":copen".
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598
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599 *:ccl* *:cclose*
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600 :ccl[ose] Close the quickfix window.
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601
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602 *:lcl* *:lclose*
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603 :lcl[ose] Close the window showing the location list for the
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604 current window.
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605
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606 *:cw* *:cwindow*
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607 :cw[indow] [height] Open the quickfix window when there are recognized
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608 errors. If the window is already open and there are
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609 no recognized errors, close the window.
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610
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611 *:lw* *:lwindow*
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612 :lw[indow] [height] Same as ":cwindow", except use the window showing the
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613 location list for the current window.
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615 *:cbo* *:cbottom*
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616 :cbo[ttom] Put the cursor in the last line of the quickfix window
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617 and scroll to make it visible. This is useful for
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618 when errors are added by an asynchronous callback.
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619 Only call it once in a while if there are many
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620 updates to avoid a lot of redrawing.
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621
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622 *:lbo* *:lbottom*
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623 :lbo[ttom] Same as ":cbottom", except use the window showing the
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624 location list for the current window.
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625
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626 Normally the quickfix window is at the bottom of the screen. If there are
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627 vertical splits, it's at the bottom of the rightmost column of windows. To
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628 make it always occupy the full width: >
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629 :botright cwindow
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630 You can move the window around with |window-moving| commands.
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631 For example, to move it to the top: CTRL-W K
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632 The 'winfixheight' option will be set, which means that the window will mostly
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633 keep its height, ignoring 'winheight' and 'equalalways'. You can change the
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634 height manually (e.g., by dragging the status line above it with the mouse).
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635
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636 In the quickfix window, each line is one error. The line number is equal to
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637 the error number. The current entry is highlighted with the QuickFixLine
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638 highlighting. You can change it to your liking, e.g.: >
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639 :hi QuickFixLine ctermbg=Yellow guibg=Yellow
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640
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641 You can use ":.cc" to jump to the error under the cursor.
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642 Hitting the <Enter> key or double-clicking the mouse on a line has the same
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643 effect. The file containing the error is opened in the window above the
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644 quickfix window. If there already is a window for that file, it is used
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645 instead. If the buffer in the used window has changed, and the error is in
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646 another file, jumping to the error will fail. You will first have to make
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647 sure the window contains a buffer which can be abandoned.
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648 *CTRL-W_<Enter>* *CTRL-W_<CR>*
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649 You can use CTRL-W <Enter> to open a new window and jump to the error there.
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650
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651 When the quickfix window has been filled, two autocommand events are
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652 triggered. First the 'filetype' option is set to "qf", which triggers the
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653 FileType event (also see |qf.vim|). Then the BufReadPost event is triggered,
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654 using "quickfix" for the buffer name. This can be used to perform some action
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655 on the listed errors. Example: >
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656 au BufReadPost quickfix setlocal modifiable
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657 \ | silent exe 'g/^/s//\=line(".")." "/'
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658 \ | setlocal nomodifiable
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659 This prepends the line number to each line. Note the use of "\=" in the
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660 substitute string of the ":s" command, which is used to evaluate an
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661 expression.
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662 The BufWinEnter event is also triggered, again using "quickfix" for the buffer
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663 name.
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665 Note: When adding to an existing quickfix list the autocommand are not
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667
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668 Note: Making changes in the quickfix window has no effect on the list of
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669 errors. 'modifiable' is off to avoid making changes. If you delete or insert
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670 lines anyway, the relation between the text and the error number is messed up.
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671 If you really want to do this, you could write the contents of the quickfix
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672 window to a file and use ":cfile" to have it parsed and used as the new error
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673 list.
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675 *location-list-window*
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676 The location list window displays the entries in a location list. When you
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677 open a location list window, it is created below the current window and
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678 displays the location list for the current window. The location list window
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679 is similar to the quickfix window, except that you can have more than one
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680 location list window open at a time. When you use a location list command in
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681 this window, the displayed location list is used.
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683 When you select a file from the location list window, the following steps are
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684 used to find a window to edit the file:
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685
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686 1. If a window with the location list displayed in the location list window is
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687 present, then the file is opened in that window.
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688 2. If the above step fails and if the file is already opened in another
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689 window, then that window is used.
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690 3. If the above step fails then an existing window showing a buffer with
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691 'buftype' not set is used.
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692 4. If the above step fails, then the file is edited in a new window.
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694 In all of the above cases, if the location list for the selected window is not
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695 yet set, then it is set to the location list displayed in the location list
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696 window.
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697
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698 *quickfix-window-ID*
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699 You can use the |getqflist()| and |getloclist()| functions to obtain the
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700 window ID of the quickfix window and location list window respectively (if
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701 present). Examples: >
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702 echo getqflist({'winid' : 1}).winid
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703 echo getloclist(2, {'winid' : 1}).winid
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704 <
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705 *getqflist-examples*
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706 The |getqflist()| and |getloclist()| functions can be used to get the various
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707 attributes of a quickfix and location list respectively. Some examples for
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708 using these functions are below:
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709 >
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710 " get the title of the current quickfix list
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711 :echo getqflist({'title' : 0}).title
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712
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713 " get the identifier of the current quickfix list
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714 :let qfid = getqflist({'id' : 0}).id
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715
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716 " get the identifier of the fourth quickfix list in the stack
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717 :let qfid = getqflist({'nr' : 4, 'id' : 0}).id
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718
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719 " check whether a quickfix list with a specific identifier exists
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720 :if getqflist({'id' : qfid}).id == qfid
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721
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722 " get the index of the current quickfix list in the stack
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723 :let qfnum = getqflist({'nr' : 0}).nr
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724
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725 " get the items of a quickfix list specified by an identifier
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726 :echo getqflist({'id' : qfid, 'items' : 0}).items
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727
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728 " get the number of entries in a quickfix list specified by an id
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729 :echo getqflist({'id' : qfid, 'size' : 0}).size
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730
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731 " get the context of the third quickfix list in the stack
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732 :echo getqflist({'nr' : 3, 'context' : 0}).context
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733
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734 " get the number of quickfix lists in the stack
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735 :echo getqflist({'nr' : '$'}).nr
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736
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737 " get the number of times the current quickfix list is changed
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738 :echo getqflist({'changedtick' : 0}).changedtick
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739
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740 " get the current entry in a quickfix list specified by an identifier
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741 :echo getqflist({'id' : qfid, 'idx' : 0}).idx
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742
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743 " get all the quickfix list attributes using an identifier
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744 :echo getqflist({'id' : qfid, 'all' : 0})
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745
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746 " parse text from a List of lines and return a quickfix list
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747 :let myList = ["a.java:10:L10", "b.java:20:L20"]
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748 :echo getqflist({'lines' : myList}).items
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749
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750 " parse text using a custom 'efm' and return a quickfix list
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751 :echo getqflist({'lines' : ['a.c#10#Line 10'], 'efm':'%f#%l#%m'}).items
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752
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753 " get the quickfix list window id
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754 :echo getqflist({'winid' : 0}).winid
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755
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756 " get the quickfix list window buffer number
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757 :echo getqflist({'qfbufnr' : 0}).qfbufnr
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758
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759 " get the context of the current location list
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760 :echo getloclist(0, {'context' : 0}).context
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761
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762 " get the location list window id of the third window
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763 :echo getloclist(3, {'winid' : 0}).winid
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764
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765 " get the location list window buffer number of the third window
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766 :echo getloclist(3, {'qfbufnr' : 0}).qfbufnr
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767
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768 " get the file window id of a location list window (winnr: 4)
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769 :echo getloclist(4, {'filewinid' : 0}).filewinid
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770 <
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771 *setqflist-examples*
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772 The |setqflist()| and |setloclist()| functions can be used to set the various
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773 attributes of a quickfix and location list respectively. Some examples for
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774 using these functions are below:
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775 >
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776 " create an empty quickfix list with a title and a context
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777 :let t = 'Search results'
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778 :let c = {'cmd' : 'grep'}
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779 :call setqflist([], ' ', {'title' : t, 'context' : c})
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780
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781 " set the title of the current quickfix list
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782 :call setqflist([], 'a', {'title' : 'Mytitle'})
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783
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parents: 15281
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784 " change the current entry in the list specified by an identifier
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785 :call setqflist([], 'a', {'id' : qfid, 'idx' : 10})
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786
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787 " set the context of a quickfix list specified by an identifier
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788 :call setqflist([], 'a', {'id' : qfid, 'context' : {'val' : 100}})
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789
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790 " create a new quickfix list from a command output
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791 :call setqflist([], ' ', {'lines' : systemlist('grep -Hn main *.c')})
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792
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793 " parse text using a custom efm and add to a particular quickfix list
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794 :call setqflist([], 'a', {'id' : qfid,
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795 \ 'lines' : ["a.c#10#L10", "b.c#20#L20"], 'efm':'%f#%l#%m'})
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796
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797 " add items to the quickfix list specified by an identifier
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798 :let newItems = [{'filename' : 'a.txt', 'lnum' : 10, 'text' : "Apple"},
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799 \ {'filename' : 'b.txt', 'lnum' : 20, 'text' : "Orange"}]
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800 :call setqflist([], 'a', {'id' : qfid, 'items' : newItems})
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801
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802 " empty a quickfix list specified by an identifier
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803 :call setqflist([], 'r', {'id' : qfid, 'items' : []})
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804
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805 " free all the quickfix lists in the stack
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806 :call setqflist([], 'f')
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807
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808 " set the title of the fourth quickfix list
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809 :call setqflist([], 'a', {'nr' : 4, 'title' : 'SomeTitle'})
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810
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811 " create a new quickfix list at the end of the stack
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812 :call setqflist([], ' ', {'nr' : '$',
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813 \ 'lines' : systemlist('grep -Hn class *.java')})
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814
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815 " create a new location list from a command output
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816 :call setloclist(0, [], ' ', {'lines' : systemlist('grep -Hn main *.c')})
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817
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818 " replace the location list entries for the third window
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819 :call setloclist(3, [], 'r', {'items' : newItems})
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820 <
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821 =============================================================================
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822 3. Using more than one list of errors *quickfix-error-lists*
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823
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824 So far has been assumed that there is only one list of errors. Actually the
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825 ten last used lists are remembered. When starting a new list, the previous
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826 ones are automatically kept. Two commands can be used to access older error
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827 lists. They set one of the existing error lists as the current one.
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828
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829 *:colder* *:col* *E380*
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830 :col[der] [count] Go to older error list. When [count] is given, do
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831 this [count] times. When already at the oldest error
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832 list, an error message is given.
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834 *:lolder* *:lol*
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835 :lol[der] [count] Same as `:colder`, except use the location list for
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836 the current window instead of the quickfix list.
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837
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838 *:cnewer* *:cnew* *E381*
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839 :cnew[er] [count] Go to newer error list. When [count] is given, do
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840 this [count] times. When already at the newest error
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841 list, an error message is given.
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842
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843 *:lnewer* *:lnew*
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844 :lnew[er] [count] Same as `:cnewer`, except use the location list for
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845 the current window instead of the quickfix list.
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846
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847 *:chistory* *:chi*
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848 :[count]chi[story] Show the list of error lists. The current list is
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849 marked with ">". The output looks like:
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850 error list 1 of 3; 43 errors ~
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851 > error list 2 of 3; 0 errors ~
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852 error list 3 of 3; 15 errors ~
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853
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854 When [count] is given, then the count'th quickfix
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855 list is made the current list. Example: >
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856 " Make the 4th quickfix list current
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857 :4chistory
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858 <
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859 *:lhistory* *:lhi*
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860 :[count]lhi[story] Show the list of location lists, otherwise like
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861 `:chistory`.
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862
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863 When adding a new error list, it becomes the current list.
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864
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865 When ":colder" has been used and ":make" or ":grep" is used to add a new error
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866 list, one newer list is overwritten. This is especially useful if you are
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867 browsing with ":grep" |grep|. If you want to keep the more recent error
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868 lists, use ":cnewer 99" first.
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869
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870 To get the number of lists in the quickfix and location list stack, you can
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871 use the |getqflist()| and |getloclist()| functions respectively with the list
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872 number set to the special value '$'. Examples: >
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873 echo getqflist({'nr' : '$'}).nr
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874 echo getloclist(3, {'nr' : '$'}).nr
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875 To get the number of the current list in the stack: >
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876 echo getqflist({'nr' : 0}).nr
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877 <
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878 =============================================================================
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879 4. Using :make *:make_makeprg*
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880
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881 *:mak* *:make*
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882 :mak[e][!] [arguments] 1. All relevant |QuickFixCmdPre| autocommands are
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883 executed.
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884 2. If the 'autowrite' option is on, write any changed
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885 buffers
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886 3. An errorfile name is made from 'makeef'. If
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887 'makeef' doesn't contain "##", and a file with this
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888 name already exists, it is deleted.
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889 4. The program given with the 'makeprg' option is
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890 started (default "make") with the optional
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891 [arguments] and the output is saved in the
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892 errorfile (for Unix it is also echoed on the
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893 screen).
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894 5. The errorfile is read using 'errorformat'.
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895 6. All relevant |QuickFixCmdPost| autocommands are
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896 executed. See example below.
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897 7. If [!] is not given the first error is jumped to.
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898 8. The errorfile is deleted.
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899 9. You can now move through the errors with commands
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900 like |:cnext| and |:cprevious|, see above.
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901 This command does not accept a comment, any "
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902 characters are considered part of the arguments.
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903 If the encoding of the program output differs from the
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904 'encoding' option, you can use the 'makeencoding'
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905 option to specify the encoding.
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906
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907 *:lmak* *:lmake*
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908 :lmak[e][!] [arguments]
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909 Same as ":make", except the location list for the
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910 current window is used instead of the quickfix list.
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911
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912 The ":make" command executes the command given with the 'makeprg' option.
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913 This is done by passing the command to the shell given with the 'shell'
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914 option. This works almost like typing
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915
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916 ":!{makeprg} [arguments] {shellpipe} {errorfile}".
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917
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918 {makeprg} is the string given with the 'makeprg' option. Any command can be
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919 used, not just "make". Characters '%' and '#' are expanded as usual on a
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920 command-line. You can use "%<" to insert the current file name without
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921 extension, or "#<" to insert the alternate file name without extension, for
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922 example: >
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923 :set makeprg=make\ #<.o
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924
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925 [arguments] is anything that is typed after ":make".
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926 {shellpipe} is the 'shellpipe' option.
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927 {errorfile} is the 'makeef' option, with ## replaced to make it unique.
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928
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929 The placeholder "$*" can be used for the argument list in {makeprg} if the
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930 command needs some additional characters after its arguments. The $* is
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931 replaced then by all arguments. Example: >
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932 :set makeprg=latex\ \\\\nonstopmode\ \\\\input\\{$*}
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933 or simpler >
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934 :let &mp = 'latex \\nonstopmode \\input\{$*}'
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935 "$*" can be given multiple times, for example: >
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936 :set makeprg=gcc\ -o\ $*\ $*
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937
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938 The 'shellpipe' option defaults to ">" for the Amiga, MS-DOS and Win32. This
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939 means that the output of the compiler is saved in a file and not shown on the
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940 screen directly. For Unix "| tee" is used. The compiler output is shown on
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941 the screen and saved in a file the same time. Depending on the shell used
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942 "|& tee" or "2>&1| tee" is the default, so stderr output will be included.
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943
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944 If 'shellpipe' is empty, the {errorfile} part will be omitted. This is useful
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945 for compilers that write to an errorfile themselves (e.g., Manx's Amiga C).
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946
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947
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948 Using QuickFixCmdPost to fix the encoding ~
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949
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950 It may be that 'encoding' is set to an encoding that differs from the messages
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951 your build program produces. This example shows how to fix this after Vim has
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952 read the error messages: >
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953
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954 function QfMakeConv()
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955 let qflist = getqflist()
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956 for i in qflist
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957 let i.text = iconv(i.text, "cp936", "utf-8")
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958 endfor
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959 call setqflist(qflist)
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960 endfunction
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961
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962 au QuickfixCmdPost make call QfMakeConv()
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963
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964 (Example by Faque Cheng)
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965 Another option is using 'makeencoding'.
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966
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967 ==============================================================================
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968 5. Using :vimgrep and :grep *grep* *lid*
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969
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970 Vim has two ways to find matches for a pattern: Internal and external. The
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971 advantage of the internal grep is that it works on all systems and uses the
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972 powerful Vim search patterns. An external grep program can be used when the
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973 Vim grep does not do what you want.
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974
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975 The internal method will be slower, because files are read into memory. The
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976 advantages are:
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977 - Line separators and encoding are automatically recognized, as if a file is
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978 being edited.
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979 - Uses Vim search patterns. Multi-line patterns can be used.
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980 - When plugins are enabled: compressed and remote files can be searched.
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981 |gzip| |netrw|
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982
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983 To be able to do this Vim loads each file as if it is being edited. When
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984 there is no match in the file the associated buffer is wiped out again. The
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985 'hidden' option is ignored here to avoid running out of memory or file
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986 descriptors when searching many files. However, when the |:hide| command
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987 modifier is used the buffers are kept loaded. This makes following searches
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988 in the same files a lot faster.
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989
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990 Note that |:copen| (or |:lopen| for |:lgrep|) may be used to open a buffer
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991 containing the search results in linked form. The |:silent| command may be
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992 used to suppress the default full screen grep output. The ":grep!" form of
2608
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993 the |:grep| command doesn't jump to the first match automatically. These
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994 commands can be combined to create a NewGrep command: >
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996 command! -nargs=+ NewGrep execute 'silent grep! <args>' | copen 42
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997
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998
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999 5.1 using Vim's internal grep
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1000
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1001 *:vim* *:vimgrep* *E682* *E683*
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1002 :vim[grep][!] /{pattern}/[g][j] {file} ...
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1003 Search for {pattern} in the files {file} ... and set
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1004 the error list to the matches. Files matching
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1005 'wildignore' are ignored; files in 'suffixes' are
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1006 searched last.
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1007 Without the 'g' flag each line is added only once.
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1008 With 'g' every match is added.
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1009
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1010 {pattern} is a Vim search pattern. Instead of
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1011 enclosing it in / any non-ID character (see
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1012 |'isident'|) can be used, so long as it does not
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1013 appear in {pattern}.
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1014 'ignorecase' applies. To overrule it put |/\c| in the
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1015 pattern to ignore case or |/\C| to match case.
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1016 'smartcase' is not used.
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1017 If {pattern} is empty (e.g. // is specified), the last
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1018 used search pattern is used. |last-pattern|
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1019 :{count}vim[grep] ...
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1020 When a number is put before the command this is used
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1021 as the maximum number of matches to find. Use
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1022 ":1vimgrep pattern file" to find only the first.
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1023 Useful if you only want to check if there is a match
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1024 and quit quickly when it's found.
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1025
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1026 Without the 'j' flag Vim jumps to the first match.
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1027 With 'j' only the quickfix list is updated.
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1028 With the [!] any changes in the current buffer are
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1029 abandoned.
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1030
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1031 Every second or so the searched file name is displayed
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1032 to give you an idea of the progress made.
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1033 Examples: >
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1034 :vimgrep /an error/ *.c
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1035 :vimgrep /\<FileName\>/ *.h include/*
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1036 :vimgrep /myfunc/ **/*.c
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1037 < For the use of "**" see |starstar-wildcard|.
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1038
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1039 :vim[grep][!] {pattern} {file} ...
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1040 Like above, but instead of enclosing the pattern in a
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1041 non-ID character use a white-separated pattern. The
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1042 pattern must start with an ID character.
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1043 Example: >
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1044 :vimgrep Error *.c
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1045 <
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1046 *:lv* *:lvimgrep*
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1047 :lv[imgrep][!] /{pattern}/[g][j] {file} ...
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1048 :lv[imgrep][!] {pattern} {file} ...
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1049 Same as ":vimgrep", except the location list for the
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1050 current window is used instead of the quickfix list.
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1051
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1052 *:vimgrepa* *:vimgrepadd*
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1053 :vimgrepa[dd][!] /{pattern}/[g][j] {file} ...
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1054 :vimgrepa[dd][!] {pattern} {file} ...
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1055 Just like ":vimgrep", but instead of making a new list
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1056 of errors the matches are appended to the current
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1057 list.
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1058
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1059 *:lvimgrepa* *:lvimgrepadd*
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1060 :lvimgrepa[dd][!] /{pattern}/[g][j] {file} ...
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1061 :lvimgrepa[dd][!] {pattern} {file} ...
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1062 Same as ":vimgrepadd", except the location list for
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1063 the current window is used instead of the quickfix
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1064 list.
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1065
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1066 5.2 External grep
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1067
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1068 Vim can interface with "grep" and grep-like programs (such as the GNU
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1069 id-utils) in a similar way to its compiler integration (see |:make| above).
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1070
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1071 [Unix trivia: The name for the Unix "grep" command comes from ":g/re/p", where
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1072 "re" stands for Regular Expression.]
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1073
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1074 *:gr* *:grep*
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1075 :gr[ep][!] [arguments] Just like ":make", but use 'grepprg' instead of
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1076 'makeprg' and 'grepformat' instead of 'errorformat'.
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1077 When 'grepprg' is "internal" this works like
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1078 |:vimgrep|. Note that the pattern needs to be
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1079 enclosed in separator characters then.
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1080 If the encoding of the program output differs from the
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1081 'encoding' option, you can use the 'makeencoding'
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1082 option to specify the encoding.
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1083
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1084 *:lgr* *:lgrep*
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1085 :lgr[ep][!] [arguments] Same as ":grep", except the location list for the
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1086 current window is used instead of the quickfix list.
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1087
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1088 *:grepa* *:grepadd*
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1089 :grepa[dd][!] [arguments]
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1090 Just like ":grep", but instead of making a new list of
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1091 errors the matches are appended to the current list.
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1092 Example: >
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1093 :call setqflist([])
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1094 :bufdo grepadd! something %
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1095 < The first command makes a new error list which is
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1096 empty. The second command executes "grepadd" for each
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1097 listed buffer. Note the use of ! to avoid that
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1098 ":grepadd" jumps to the first error, which is not
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1099 allowed with |:bufdo|.
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1100 An example that uses the argument list and avoids
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1101 errors for files without matches: >
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1102 :silent argdo try
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1103 \ | grepadd! something %
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1104 \ | catch /E480:/
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1105 \ | endtry"
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1106 <
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1107 If the encoding of the program output differs from the
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1108 'encoding' option, you can use the 'makeencoding'
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1109 option to specify the encoding.
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1110
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1111 *:lgrepa* *:lgrepadd*
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1112 :lgrepa[dd][!] [arguments]
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1113 Same as ":grepadd", except the location list for the
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1114 current window is used instead of the quickfix list.
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1115
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1116 5.3 Setting up external grep
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1118 If you have a standard "grep" program installed, the :grep command may work
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1119 well with the defaults. The syntax is very similar to the standard command: >
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1121 :grep foo *.c
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1123 Will search all files with the .c extension for the substring "foo". The
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1124 arguments to :grep are passed straight to the "grep" program, so you can use
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1125 whatever options your "grep" supports.
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1126
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1127 By default, :grep invokes grep with the -n option (show file and line
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1129 'grepprg' if:
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1130
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1131 a) You are using a program that isn't called "grep"
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1132 b) You have to call grep with a full path
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1133 c) You want to pass other options automatically (e.g. case insensitive
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1134 search.)
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1135
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1136 Once "grep" has executed, Vim parses the results using the 'grepformat'
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1137 option. This option works in the same way as the 'errorformat' option - see
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1138 that for details. You may need to change 'grepformat' from the default if
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1139 your grep outputs in a non-standard format, or you are using some other
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1140 program with a special format.
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1141
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1142 Once the results are parsed, Vim loads the first file containing a match and
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1143 jumps to the appropriate line, in the same way that it jumps to a compiler
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1144 error in |quickfix| mode. You can then use the |:cnext|, |:clist|, etc.
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1145 commands to see the other matches.
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1146
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1148 5.4 Using :grep with id-utils
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1149
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1150 You can set up :grep to work with the GNU id-utils like this: >
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1151
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1152 :set grepprg=lid\ -Rgrep\ -s
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1153 :set grepformat=%f:%l:%m
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1154
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1155 then >
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1156 :grep (regexp)
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1157
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1158 works just as you'd expect.
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1159 (provided you remembered to mkid first :)
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1162 5.5 Browsing source code with :vimgrep or :grep
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1164 Using the stack of error lists that Vim keeps, you can browse your files to
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1165 look for functions and the functions they call. For example, suppose that you
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1166 have to add an argument to the read_file() function. You enter this command: >
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1169
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1170 You use ":cn" to go along the list of matches and add the argument. At one
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1171 place you have to get the new argument from a higher level function msg(), and
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1172 need to change that one too. Thus you use: >
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1174 :vimgrep /\<msg\>/ *.c
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1175
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1176 While changing the msg() functions, you find another function that needs to
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1177 get the argument from a higher level. You can again use ":vimgrep" to find
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1178 these functions. Once you are finished with one function, you can use >
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1179
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1180 :colder
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1181
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1182 to go back to the previous one.
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1184 This works like browsing a tree: ":vimgrep" goes one level deeper, creating a
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1185 list of branches. ":colder" goes back to the previous level. You can mix
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1186 this use of ":vimgrep" and "colder" to browse all the locations in a tree-like
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1188 need to write down a "todo" list.
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1189
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1190 =============================================================================
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1191 6. Selecting a compiler *compiler-select*
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1192
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1193 *:comp* *:compiler* *E666*
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1194 :comp[iler][!] {name} Set options to work with compiler {name}.
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1195 Without the "!" options are set for the
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1196 current buffer. With "!" global options are
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1197 set.
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1198 If you use ":compiler foo" in "file.foo" and
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1199 then ":compiler! bar" in another buffer, Vim
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1200 will keep on using "foo" in "file.foo".
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1201 {not available when compiled without the
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1202 |+eval| feature}
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1206 selected compiler. For `:compiler` local options are set, for `:compiler!`
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1207 global options.
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1208 *current_compiler*
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1209 To support older Vim versions, the plugins always use "current_compiler" and
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1210 not "b:current_compiler". What the command actually does is the following:
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1211
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1212 - Delete the "current_compiler" and "b:current_compiler" variables.
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1213 - Define the "CompilerSet" user command. With "!" it does ":set", without "!"
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1214 it does ":setlocal".
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1215 - Execute ":runtime! compiler/{name}.vim". The plugins are expected to set
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1216 options with "CompilerSet" and set the "current_compiler" variable to the
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1217 name of the compiler.
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1218 - Delete the "CompilerSet" user command.
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1219 - Set "b:current_compiler" to the value of "current_compiler".
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1220 - Without "!" the old value of "current_compiler" is restored.
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1221
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1222
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1223 For writing a compiler plugin, see |write-compiler-plugin|.
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1224
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1226 GCC *quickfix-gcc* *compiler-gcc*
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1227
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1228 There's one variable you can set for the GCC compiler:
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1229
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1230 g:compiler_gcc_ignore_unmatched_lines
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1231 Ignore lines that don't match any patterns
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1232 defined for GCC. Useful if output from
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1233 commands run from make are generating false
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1234 positives.
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1235
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1236
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1237 MANX AZTEC C *quickfix-manx* *compiler-manx*
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1238
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1239 To use Vim with Manx's Aztec C compiler on the Amiga you should do the
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1240 following:
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1241 - Set the CCEDIT environment variable with the command: >
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1242 mset "CCEDIT=vim -q"
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1243 - Compile with the -qf option. If the compiler finds any errors, Vim is
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1244 started and the cursor is positioned on the first error. The error message
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1245 will be displayed on the last line. You can go to other errors with the
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1246 commands mentioned above. You can fix the errors and write the file(s).
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1247 - If you exit Vim normally the compiler will re-compile the same file. If you
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1248 exit with the :cq command, the compiler will terminate. Do this if you
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1249 cannot fix the error, or if another file needs to be compiled first.
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1250
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1251 There are some restrictions to the Quickfix mode on the Amiga. The
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1252 compiler only writes the first 25 errors to the errorfile (Manx's
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1253 documentation does not say how to get more). If you want to find the others,
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1254 you will have to fix a few errors and exit the editor. After recompiling,
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1255 up to 25 remaining errors will be found.
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1256
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1257 If Vim was started from the compiler, the :sh and some :! commands will not
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1258 work, because Vim is then running in the same process as the compiler and
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1259 stdin (standard input) will not be interactive.
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1260
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1262 PERL *quickfix-perl* *compiler-perl*
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1263
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1264 The Perl compiler plugin doesn't actually compile, but invokes Perl's internal
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1265 syntax checking feature and parses the output for possible errors so you can
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1266 correct them in quick-fix mode.
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1267
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1268 Warnings are forced regardless of "no warnings" or "$^W = 0" within the file
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1269 being checked. To disable this set g:perl_compiler_force_warnings to a zero
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1270 value. For example: >
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1271 let g:perl_compiler_force_warnings = 0
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1272
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1274 PYUNIT COMPILER *compiler-pyunit*
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1275
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1276 This is not actually a compiler, but a unit testing framework for the
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1277 Python language. It is included into standard Python distribution
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1278 starting from version 2.0. For older versions, you can get it from
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1279 http://pyunit.sourceforge.net.
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1280
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1281 When you run your tests with the help of the framework, possible errors
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1282 are parsed by Vim and presented for you in quick-fix mode.
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1283
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1284 Unfortunately, there is no standard way to run the tests.
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1285 The alltests.py script seems to be used quite often, that's all.
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1286 Useful values for the 'makeprg' options therefore are:
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1287 setlocal makeprg=./alltests.py " Run a testsuite
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1288 setlocal makeprg=python\ %:S " Run a single testcase
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1289
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1290 Also see http://vim.sourceforge.net/tip_view.php?tip_id=280.
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1291
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1292
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1293 TEX COMPILER *compiler-tex*
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1294
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1295 Included in the distribution compiler for TeX ($VIMRUNTIME/compiler/tex.vim)
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1296 uses make command if possible. If the compiler finds a file named "Makefile"
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1297 or "makefile" in the current directory, it supposes that you want to process
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1298 your *TeX files with make, and the makefile does the right work. In this case
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1299 compiler sets 'errorformat' for *TeX output and leaves 'makeprg' untouched. If
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1300 neither "Makefile" nor "makefile" is found, the compiler will not use make.
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1301 You can force the compiler to ignore makefiles by defining
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1302 b:tex_ignore_makefile or g:tex_ignore_makefile variable (they are checked for
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1303 existence only).
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1304
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1305 If the compiler chose not to use make, it need to choose a right program for
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1306 processing your input. If b:tex_flavor or g:tex_flavor (in this precedence)
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1307 variable exists, it defines TeX flavor for :make (actually, this is the name
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1308 of executed command), and if both variables do not exist, it defaults to
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1309 "latex". For example, while editing chapter2.tex \input-ed from mypaper.tex
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1310 written in AMS-TeX: >
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1311
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1312 :let b:tex_flavor = 'amstex'
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1313 :compiler tex
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1314 < [editing...] >
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1315 :make mypaper
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1316
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1317 Note that you must specify a name of the file to process as an argument (to
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1318 process the right file when editing \input-ed or \include-ed file; portable
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1320 semantics of make, where you specify a target, not source, but you may specify
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1321 filename without extension ".tex" and mean this as "make filename.dvi or
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1322 filename.pdf or filename.some_result_extension according to compiler".
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1323
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1324 Note: tex command line syntax is set to usable both for MikTeX (suggestion
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1325 by Srinath Avadhanula) and teTeX (checked by Artem Chuprina). Suggestion
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1326 from |errorformat-LaTeX| is too complex to keep it working for different
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1327 shells and OSes and also does not allow to use other available TeX options,
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1329 report it with different means to express \nonstopmode from the command line.
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1330
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1331 =============================================================================
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1332 7. The error format *error-file-format*
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1333
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1334 *errorformat* *E372* *E373* *E374*
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1335 *E375* *E376* *E377* *E378*
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1336 The 'errorformat' option specifies a list of formats that are recognized. The
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1337 first format that matches with an error message is used. You can add several
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1338 formats for different messages your compiler produces, or even entries for
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1339 multiple compilers. See |efm-entries|.
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1340
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1341 Each entry in 'errorformat' is a scanf-like string that describes the format.
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1342 First, you need to know how scanf works. Look in the documentation of your
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1343 C compiler. Below you find the % items that Vim understands. Others are
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1344 invalid.
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1345
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1347 |efm-entries| for how to deal with them. Note that a literal "%" is matched
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1352 Note: By default the difference between upper and lowercase is ignored. If
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1355 Vim will read lines of any length, but only the first 4095 bytes are used, the
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1356 rest is ignored. Items can only be 1023 bytes long.
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1357
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1358
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1359 Basic items
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1360
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1361 %f file name (finds a string)
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1362 %o module name (finds a string)
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1363 %l line number (finds a number)
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1364 %c column number (finds a number representing character
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1365 column of the error, (1 <tab> == 1 character column))
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1366 %v virtual column number (finds a number representing
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1367 screen column of the error (1 <tab> == 8 screen
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1369 %t error type (finds a single character)
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1370 %n error number (finds a number)
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1371 %m error message (finds a string)
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1372 %r matches the "rest" of a single-line file message %O/P/Q
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1373 %p pointer line (finds a sequence of '-', '.', ' ' or
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1374 tabs and uses the length for the column number)
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1375 %*{conv} any scanf non-assignable conversion
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1376 %% the single '%' character
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1377 %s search text (finds a string)
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1379 The "%f" conversion may depend on the current 'isfname' setting. "~/" is
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1380 expanded to the home directory and environment variables are expanded.
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1381
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1382 The "%f" and "%m" conversions have to detect the end of the string. This
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1383 normally happens by matching following characters and items. When nothing is
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1384 following the rest of the line is matched. If "%f" is followed by a '%' or a
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1385 backslash, it will look for a sequence of 'isfname' characters.
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1386
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1387 On MS-DOS, MS-Windows and OS/2 a leading "C:" will be included in "%f", even
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1388 when using "%f:". This means that a file name which is a single alphabetical
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1389 letter will not be detected.
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1390
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1391 The "%p" conversion is normally followed by a "^". It's used for compilers
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1392 that output a line like: >
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1393 ^
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1394 or >
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1395 ---------^
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1396 to indicate the column of the error. This is to be used in a multi-line error
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1397 message. See |errorformat-javac| for a useful example.
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1398
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1399 The "%s" conversion specifies the text to search for, to locate the error line.
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1400 The text is used as a literal string. The anchors "^" and "$" are added to
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1401 the text to locate the error line exactly matching the search text and the
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1402 text is prefixed with the "\V" atom to make it "very nomagic". The "%s"
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1404 output. Like the output of the "grep" shell command.
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1405 When the pattern is present the line number will not be used.
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1406
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1407 The "%o" conversion specifies the module name in quickfix entry. If present
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1408 it will be used in quickfix error window instead of the filename. The module
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1409 name is used only for displaying purposes, the file name is used when jumping
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1410 to the file.
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1411
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1412 Changing directory
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1413
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1414 The following uppercase conversion characters specify the type of special
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1415 format strings. At most one of them may be given as a prefix at the beginning
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1416 of a single comma-separated format pattern.
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1417 Some compilers produce messages that consist of directory names that have to
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1418 be prepended to each file name read by %f (example: GNU make). The following
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1419 codes can be used to scan these directory names; they will be stored in an
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1420 internal directory stack. *E379*
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1421 %D "enter directory" format string; expects a following
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1422 %f that finds the directory name
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1423 %X "leave directory" format string; expects following %f
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1424
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1425 When defining an "enter directory" or "leave directory" format, the "%D" or
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1426 "%X" has to be given at the start of that substring. Vim tracks the directory
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1427 changes and prepends the current directory to each erroneous file found with a
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1428 relative path. See |quickfix-directory-stack| for details, tips and
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1429 limitations.
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1430
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1431
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1432 Multi-line messages *errorformat-multi-line*
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1433
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1434 It is possible to read the output of programs that produce multi-line
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1435 messages, i.e. error strings that consume more than one line. Possible
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1436 prefixes are:
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1437 %E start of a multi-line error message
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1438 %W start of a multi-line warning message
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1439 %I start of a multi-line informational message
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1440 %A start of a multi-line message (unspecified type)
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1441 %> for next line start with current pattern again |efm-%>|
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1442 %C continuation of a multi-line message
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1443 %Z end of a multi-line message
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1444 These can be used with '+' and '-', see |efm-ignore| below.
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1445
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1446 Using "\n" in the pattern won't work to match multi-line messages.
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1447
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1448 Example: Your compiler happens to write out errors in the following format
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1449 (leading line numbers not being part of the actual output):
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1450
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1451 1 Error 275 ~
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1452 2 line 42 ~
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1453 3 column 3 ~
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1454 4 ' ' expected after '--' ~
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1455
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1456 The appropriate error format string has to look like this: >
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1457 :set efm=%EError\ %n,%Cline\ %l,%Ccolumn\ %c,%Z%m
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1458
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1459 And the |:clist| error message generated for this error is:
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1460
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1461 1:42 col 3 error 275: ' ' expected after '--'
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1462
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1463 Another example: Think of a Python interpreter that produces the following
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1464 error message (line numbers are not part of the actual output):
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1465
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1466 1 ==============================================================
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1467 2 FAIL: testGetTypeIdCachesResult (dbfacadeTest.DjsDBFacadeTest)
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1468 3 --------------------------------------------------------------
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1469 4 Traceback (most recent call last):
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1470 5 File "unittests/dbfacadeTest.py", line 89, in testFoo
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1471 6 self.assertEquals(34, dtid)
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1472 7 File "/usr/lib/python2.2/unittest.py", line 286, in
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1473 8 failUnlessEqual
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1474 9 raise self.failureException, \
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1475 10 AssertionError: 34 != 33
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1476 11
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1477 12 --------------------------------------------------------------
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1478 13 Ran 27 tests in 0.063s
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1479
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1480 Say you want |:clist| write the relevant information of this message only,
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1481 namely:
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1482 5 unittests/dbfacadeTest.py:89: AssertionError: 34 != 33
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1483
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1484 Then the error format string could be defined as follows: >
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1485 :set efm=%C\ %.%#,%A\ \ File\ \"%f\"\\,\ line\ %l%.%#,%Z%[%^\ ]%\\@=%m
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1486
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1487 Note that the %C string is given before the %A here: since the expression
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1488 ' %.%#' (which stands for the regular expression ' .*') matches every line
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1489 starting with a space, followed by any characters to the end of the line,
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1490 it also hides line 7 which would trigger a separate error message otherwise.
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1491 Error format strings are always parsed pattern by pattern until the first
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1492 match occurs.
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1493 *efm-%>*
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1494 The %> item can be used to avoid trying patterns that appear earlier in
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1495 'errorformat'. This is useful for patterns that match just about anything.
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1496 For example, if the error looks like this:
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1497
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1498 Error in line 123 of foo.c: ~
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1499 unknown variable "i" ~
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1500
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1501 This can be found with: >
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1502 :set efm=xxx,%E%>Error in line %l of %f:,%Z%m
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1503 Where "xxx" has a pattern that would also match the second line.
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1505 Important: There is no memory of what part of the errorformat matched before;
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1506 every line in the error file gets a complete new run through the error format
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1507 lines. For example, if one has: >
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1508 setlocal efm=aa,bb,cc,dd,ee
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1509 Where aa, bb, etc. are error format strings. Each line of the error file will
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1510 be matched to the pattern aa, then bb, then cc, etc. Just because cc matched
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1511 the previous error line does _not_ mean that dd will be tried first on the
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1512 current line, even if cc and dd are multi-line errorformat strings.
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1513
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1514
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1515
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1516 Separate file name *errorformat-separate-filename*
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1517
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1518 These prefixes are useful if the file name is given once and multiple messages
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1519 follow that refer to this file name.
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1520 %O single-line file message: overread the matched part
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1521 %P single-line file message: push file %f onto the stack
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1522 %Q single-line file message: pop the last file from stack
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1523
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1525 leading line numbers):
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1526
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1527 1 [a1.tt]
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1528 2 (1,17) error: ';' missing
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1529 3 (21,2) warning: variable 'z' not defined
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1530 4 (67,3) error: end of file found before string ended
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1531 5
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1532 6 [a2.tt]
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1533 7
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1534 8 [a3.tt]
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1535 9 NEW compiler v1.1
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1536 10 (2,2) warning: variable 'x' not defined
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1537 11 (67,3) warning: 's' already defined
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1538
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1539 This logfile lists several messages for each file enclosed in [...] which are
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1540 properly parsed by an error format like this: >
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1541 :set efm=%+P[%f],(%l\\,%c)%*[\ ]%t%*[^:]:\ %m,%-Q
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1543 A call of |:clist| writes them accordingly with their correct filenames:
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1544
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1546 3 a1.tt:21 col 2 warning: variable 'z' not defined
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1547 4 a1.tt:67 col 3 error: end of file found before string ended
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1548 8 a3.tt:2 col 2 warning: variable 'x' not defined
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1549 9 a3.tt:67 col 3 warning: 's' already defined
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1550
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1554 {"file1" {"file2" error1} error2 {"file3" error3 {"file4" error4 error5}}}
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1555 The %O then parses over strings that do not contain any push/pop file name
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1556 information. See |errorformat-LaTeX| for an extended example.
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1559 Ignoring and using whole messages *efm-ignore*
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1560
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1562 case they have to precede the letter, e.g. '%+A' or '%-G':
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1563 %- do not include the matching multi-line in any output
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1564 %+ include the whole matching line in the %m error string
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1565
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1567 over lines containing general information like compiler version strings or
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1568 other headers that can be skipped.
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1569 %-G ignore this message
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1570 %+G general message
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1571
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1572
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1573 Pattern matching
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1574
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1575 The scanf()-like "%*[]" notation is supported for backward-compatibility
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1576 with previous versions of Vim. However, it is also possible to specify
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1577 (nearly) any Vim supported regular expression in format strings.
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1578 Since meta characters of the regular expression language can be part of
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1579 ordinary matching strings or file names (and therefore internally have to
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1580 be escaped), meta symbols have to be written with leading '%':
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1581 %\ The single '\' character. Note that this has to be
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1582 escaped ("%\\") in ":set errorformat=" definitions.
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1583 %. The single '.' character.
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1584 %# The single '*'(!) character.
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1585 %^ The single '^' character. Note that this is not
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1586 useful, the pattern already matches start of line.
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1587 %$ The single '$' character. Note that this is not
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1588 useful, the pattern already matches end of line.
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1589 %[ The single '[' character for a [] character range.
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1590 %~ The single '~' character.
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1591 When using character classes in expressions (see |/\i| for an overview),
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1594 Important note: The \(...\) grouping of sub-matches can not be used in format
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1595 specifications because it is reserved for internal conversions.
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1596
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1597
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1598 Multiple entries in 'errorformat' *efm-entries*
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1599
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1600 To be able to detect output from several compilers, several format patterns
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1601 may be put in 'errorformat', separated by commas (note: blanks after the comma
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1602 are ignored). The first pattern that has a complete match is used. If no
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1603 match is found, matching parts from the last one will be used, although the
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1604 file name is removed and the error message is set to the whole message. If
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1605 there is a pattern that may match output from several compilers (but not in a
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1606 right way), put it after one that is more restrictive.
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1607
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1608 To include a comma in a pattern precede it with a backslash (you have to type
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1609 two in a ":set" command). To include a backslash itself give two backslashes
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1610 (you have to type four in a ":set" command). You also need to put a backslash
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1611 before a space for ":set".
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1612
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1614 Valid matches *quickfix-valid*
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1615
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1617 whole line is put in the error message and the entry is marked "not valid"
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1618 These lines are skipped with the ":cn" and ":cp" commands (unless there is
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1619 no valid line at all). You can use ":cl!" to display all the error messages.
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1620
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1621 If the error format does not contain a file name Vim cannot switch to the
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1622 correct file. You will have to do this by hand.
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1623
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1624
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1625 Examples
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1626
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1627 The format of the file from the Amiga Aztec compiler is:
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1628
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1629 filename>linenumber:columnnumber:errortype:errornumber:errormessage
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1630
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1631 filename name of the file in which the error was detected
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1632 linenumber line number where the error was detected
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1633 columnnumber column number where the error was detected
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1634 errortype type of the error, normally a single 'E' or 'W'
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1635 errornumber number of the error (for lookup in the manual)
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1636 errormessage description of the error
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1637
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1638 This can be matched with this 'errorformat' entry:
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1639 %f>%l:%c:%t:%n:%m
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1640
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1641 Some examples for C compilers that produce single-line error outputs:
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1642 %f:%l:\ %t%*[^0123456789]%n:\ %m for Manx/Aztec C error messages
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1643 (scanf() doesn't understand [0-9])
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1644 %f\ %l\ %t%*[^0-9]%n:\ %m for SAS C
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1645 \"%f\"\\,%*[^0-9]%l:\ %m for generic C compilers
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1646 %f:%l:\ %m for GCC
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1647 %f:%l:\ %m,%Dgmake[%*\\d]:\ Entering\ directory\ `%f',
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1648 %Dgmake[%*\\d]:\ Leaving\ directory\ `%f'
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1649 for GCC with gmake (concat the lines!)
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1650 %f(%l)\ :\ %*[^:]:\ %m old SCO C compiler (pre-OS5)
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1651 %f(%l)\ :\ %t%*[^0-9]%n:\ %m idem, with error type and number
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1652 %f:%l:\ %m,In\ file\ included\ from\ %f:%l:,\^I\^Ifrom\ %f:%l%m
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1654
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1655 Extended examples for the handling of multi-line messages are given below,
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1656 see |errorformat-Jikes| and |errorformat-LaTeX|.
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1657
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1658 Note the backslash in front of a space and double quote. It is required for
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1659 the :set command. There are two backslashes in front of a comma, one for the
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1660 :set command and one to avoid recognizing the comma as a separator of error
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1661 formats.
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1663
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1664 Filtering messages
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1665
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1666 If you have a compiler that produces error messages that do not fit in the
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1667 format string, you could write a program that translates the error messages
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1668 into this format. You can use this program with the ":make" command by
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1669 changing the 'makeprg' option. For example: >
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1670 :set mp=make\ \\\|&\ error_filter
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1671 The backslashes before the pipe character are required to avoid it to be
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1672 recognized as a command separator. The backslash before each space is
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1673 required for the set command.
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1674
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1675 =============================================================================
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1676 8. The directory stack *quickfix-directory-stack*
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1677
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1678 Quickfix maintains a stack for saving all used directories parsed from the
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1679 make output. For GNU-make this is rather simple, as it always prints the
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1680 absolute path of all directories it enters and leaves. Regardless if this is
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1683 "-w" to force GNU-make to print out the working directory before and after
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1684 processing.
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1685
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1687 GNU-make. AIX-make for example doesn't print any information about its
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1688 working directory. Then you need to enhance the makefile. In the makefile of
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1689 LessTif there is a command which echoes "Making {target} in {dir}". The
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1693 To solve the problem with relative paths and missing "leave directory"
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1694 messages Vim uses following algorithm:
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1695
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1697 If this is true, store it as the current directory.
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1698 2) If it is not a subdir of the current directory, try if this is a
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1699 subdirectory of one of the upper directories.
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1700 3) If the directory still isn't found, it is assumed to be a subdirectory
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1701 of Vim's current directory.
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1702
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1703 Additionally it is checked for every file, if it really exists in the
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1704 identified directory. If not, it is searched in all other directories of the
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1705 directory stack (NOT the directory subtree!). If it is still not found, it is
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1706 assumed that it is in Vim's current directory.
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1707
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1708 There are limitations in this algorithm. These examples assume that make just
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1709 prints information about entering a directory in the form "Making all in dir".
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1710
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1711 1) Assume you have following directories and files:
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1712 ./dir1
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1713 ./dir1/file1.c
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1714 ./file1.c
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1715
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1716 If make processes the directory "./dir1" before the current directory and
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1717 there is an error in the file "./file1.c", you will end up with the file
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1718 "./dir1/file.c" loaded by Vim.
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1719
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1720 This can only be solved with a "leave directory" message.
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1721
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1722 2) Assume you have following directories and files:
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1723 ./dir1
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1724 ./dir1/dir2
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1725 ./dir2
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1726
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1727 You get the following:
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1728
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1729 Make output Directory interpreted by Vim
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1730 ------------------------ ----------------------------
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1731 Making all in dir1 ./dir1
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1732 Making all in dir2 ./dir1/dir2
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1733 Making all in dir2 ./dir1/dir2
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1734
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1735 This can be solved by printing absolute directories in the "enter directory"
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1736 message or by printing "leave directory" messages.
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1738 To avoid this problem, ensure to print absolute directory names and "leave
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1739 directory" messages.
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1740
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1741 Examples for Makefiles:
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1742
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1743 Unix:
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1744 libs:
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1745 for dn in $(LIBDIRS); do \
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1746 (cd $$dn; echo "Entering dir '$$(pwd)'"; make); \
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1747 echo "Leaving dir"; \
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1748 done
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1749
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1750 Add
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1751 %DEntering\ dir\ '%f',%XLeaving\ dir
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1752 to your 'errorformat' to handle the above output.
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1753
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1754 Note that Vim doesn't check if the directory name in a "leave directory"
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1755 messages is the current directory. This is why you could just use the message
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1756 "Leaving dir".
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1757
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1758 =============================================================================
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1759 9. Specific error file formats *errorformats*
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1760
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1761 *errorformat-Jikes*
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1762 Jikes(TM), a source-to-bytecode Java compiler published by IBM Research,
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1763 produces simple multi-line error messages.
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1764
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1765 An 'errorformat' string matching the produced messages is shown below.
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1766 The following lines can be placed in the user's |vimrc| to overwrite Vim's
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1767 recognized default formats, or see |:set+=| how to install this format
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1768 additionally to the default. >
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1769
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1770 :set efm=%A%f:%l:%c:%*\\d:%*\\d:,
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1771 \%C%*\\s%trror:%m,
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1772 \%+C%*[^:]%trror:%m,
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1773 \%C%*\\s%tarning:%m,
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1774 \%C%m
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1775 <
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1776 Jikes(TM) produces a single-line error message when invoked with the option
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1777 "+E", and can be matched with the following: >
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1778
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1779 :setl efm=%f:%l:%v:%*\\d:%*\\d:%*\\s%m
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1780 <
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1781 *errorformat-javac*
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1782 This 'errorformat' has been reported to work well for javac, which outputs a
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1783 line with "^" to indicate the column of the error: >
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1784 :setl efm=%A%f:%l:\ %m,%-Z%p^,%-C%.%#
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1785 or: >
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1786 :setl efm=%A%f:%l:\ %m,%+Z%p^,%+C%.%#,%-G%.%#
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1787 <
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1788 Here is an alternative from Michael F. Lamb for Unix that filters the errors
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1789 first: >
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1790 :setl errorformat=%Z%f:%l:\ %m,%A%p^,%-G%*[^sl]%.%#
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1791 :setl makeprg=javac\ %:S\ 2>&1\ \\\|\ vim-javac-filter
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1792
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1793 You need to put the following in "vim-javac-filter" somewhere in your path
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1794 (e.g., in ~/bin) and make it executable: >
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1795 #!/bin/sed -f
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1796 /\^$/s/\t/\ /g;/:[0-9]\+:/{h;d};/^[ \t]*\^/G;
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1797
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1798 In English, that sed script:
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1799 - Changes single tabs to single spaces and
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1800 - Moves the line with the filename, line number, error message to just after
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1801 the pointer line. That way, the unused error text between doesn't break
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1802 vim's notion of a "multi-line message" and also doesn't force us to include
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1803 it as a "continuation of a multi-line message."
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1804
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1805 *errorformat-ant*
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1806 For ant (http://jakarta.apache.org/) the above errorformat has to be modified
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1807 to honour the leading [javac] in front of each javac output line: >
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1808 :set efm=%A\ %#[javac]\ %f:%l:\ %m,%-Z\ %#[javac]\ %p^,%-C%.%#
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1809
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1810 The 'errorformat' can also be configured to handle ant together with either
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1811 javac or jikes. If you're using jikes, you should tell ant to use jikes' +E
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1812 command line switch which forces jikes to generate one-line error messages.
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1813 This is what the second line (of a build.xml file) below does: >
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1814 <property name = "build.compiler" value = "jikes"/>
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1815 <property name = "build.compiler.emacs" value = "true"/>
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1816
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1817 The 'errorformat' which handles ant with both javac and jikes is: >
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1818 :set efm=\ %#[javac]\ %#%f:%l:%c:%*\\d:%*\\d:\ %t%[%^:]%#:%m,
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1819 \%A\ %#[javac]\ %f:%l:\ %m,%-Z\ %#[javac]\ %p^,%-C%.%#
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1820 <
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1821 *errorformat-jade*
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1822 parsing jade (see http://www.jclark.com/) errors is simple: >
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1823 :set efm=jade:%f:%l:%c:%t:%m
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1824 <
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1825 *errorformat-LaTeX*
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1826 The following is an example how an 'errorformat' string can be specified
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1827 for the (La)TeX typesetting system which displays error messages over
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1828 multiple lines. The output of ":clist" and ":cc" etc. commands displays
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1829 multi-lines in a single line, leading white space is removed.
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1830 It should be easy to adopt the above LaTeX errorformat to any compiler output
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1831 consisting of multi-line errors.
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1832
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1833 The commands can be placed in a |vimrc| file or some other Vim script file,
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1834 e.g. a script containing LaTeX related stuff which is loaded only when editing
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1835 LaTeX sources.
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1836 Make sure to copy all lines of the example (in the given order), afterwards
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1837 remove the comment lines. For the '\' notation at the start of some lines see
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1838 |line-continuation|.
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1839
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1840 First prepare 'makeprg' such that LaTeX will report multiple
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1841 errors; do not stop when the first error has occurred: >
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1842 :set makeprg=latex\ \\\\nonstopmode\ \\\\input\\{$*}
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1843 <
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1844 Start of multi-line error messages: >
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1845 :set efm=%E!\ LaTeX\ %trror:\ %m,
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1846 \%E!\ %m,
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1847 < Start of multi-line warning messages; the first two also
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1848 include the line number. Meaning of some regular expressions:
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1849 - "%.%#" (".*") matches a (possibly empty) string
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1850 - "%*\\d" ("\d\+") matches a number >
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1851 \%+WLaTeX\ %.%#Warning:\ %.%#line\ %l%.%#,
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1852 \%+W%.%#\ at\ lines\ %l--%*\\d,
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1853 \%WLaTeX\ %.%#Warning:\ %m,
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1854 < Possible continuations of error/warning messages; the first
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1855 one also includes the line number: >
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1856 \%Cl.%l\ %m,
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1857 \%+C\ \ %m.,
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1858 \%+C%.%#-%.%#,
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1859 \%+C%.%#[]%.%#,
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1860 \%+C[]%.%#,
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1861 \%+C%.%#%[{}\\]%.%#,
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1862 \%+C<%.%#>%.%#,
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1863 \%C\ \ %m,
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1864 < Lines that match the following patterns do not contain any
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1865 important information; do not include them in messages: >
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1866 \%-GSee\ the\ LaTeX%m,
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1867 \%-GType\ \ H\ <return>%m,
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1868 \%-G\ ...%.%#,
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1869 \%-G%.%#\ (C)\ %.%#,
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1870 \%-G(see\ the\ transcript%.%#),
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1871 < Generally exclude any empty or whitespace-only line from
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1872 being displayed: >
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1873 \%-G\\s%#,
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1874 < The LaTeX output log does not specify the names of erroneous
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1875 source files per line; rather they are given globally,
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1876 enclosed in parentheses.
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1877 The following patterns try to match these names and store
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1878 them in an internal stack. The patterns possibly scan over
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1879 the same input line (one after another), the trailing "%r"
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1880 conversion indicates the "rest" of the line that will be
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1881 parsed in the next go until the end of line is reached.
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1882
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1883 Overread a file name enclosed in '('...')'; do not push it
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1884 on a stack since the file apparently does not contain any
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1885 error: >
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1886 \%+O(%f)%r,
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1887 < Push a file name onto the stack. The name is given after '(': >
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1888 \%+P(%f%r,
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1889 \%+P\ %\\=(%f%r,
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1890 \%+P%*[^()](%f%r,
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1891 \%+P[%\\d%[^()]%#(%f%r,
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1892 < Pop the last stored file name when a ')' is scanned: >
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1893 \%+Q)%r,
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1894 \%+Q%*[^()])%r,
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1895 \%+Q[%\\d%*[^()])%r
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1896
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1897 Note that in some cases file names in the LaTeX output log cannot be parsed
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1898 properly. The parser might have been messed up by unbalanced parentheses
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1899 then. The above example tries to catch the most relevant cases only.
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1900 You can customize the given setting to suit your own purposes, for example,
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1901 all the annoying "Overfull ..." warnings could be excluded from being
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1902 recognized as an error.
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1903 Alternatively to filtering the LaTeX compiler output, it is also possible
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1904 to directly read the *.log file that is produced by the [La]TeX compiler.
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1905 This contains even more useful information about possible error causes.
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1906 However, to properly parse such a complex file, an external filter should
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1907 be used. See the description further above how to make such a filter known
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1908 by Vim.
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1909
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1910 *errorformat-Perl*
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1911 In $VIMRUNTIME/tools you can find the efm_perl.pl script, which filters Perl
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1912 error messages into a format that quickfix mode will understand. See the
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1913 start of the file about how to use it. (This script is deprecated, see
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1914 |compiler-perl|.)
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1918 vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: