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How do I have buffers listed in a QuickFIX window in Vim?
BTW, I joked with :cexpr {expr} command, trying populate the quickfix windows with content of :buffers list, without success (maybe because my ignorance programming vimscripts) Any suggestion ? You can populate the quickfix list with each buffer like this:
What happens to the location list in QuickFIX?
When a window with a location list is split, the new window gets a copy of the location list. When there are no longer any references to a location list, the location list is destroyed. quickfix-changedtick Every quickfix and location list has a read-only changedtick variable that tracks the total number of changes made to the list.
What happens if there are no errors in QuickFIX?
If there are no errors, then an error message is displayed. Assumes that the entries in a quickfix list are sorted by their buffer number and line number. If there are multiple errors on the same line, then only the first entry is used.
How are settings set up in QuickFIX / N?
A settings file is set up with two types of heading; [DEFAULT] and [SESSION]. [SESSION] tells QuickFIX/N that a new Session is being defined. [DEFAULT] is a section to define settings which will be associated with sessions that don’t explicitly define them.
The easiest way to navigate the quickfix list (or the location list, for that matter) is the unimpaired plugin. Once the quickfix window is populated, [q and ]q go forward and back (respectively) in the quickfix list.
Which is the best plugin for Vim unimpaired?
vim-unimpaired: This plugin provides a number of useful mappings for common tasks among which are the following for both the quickfix and location lists: [q and ]q navigates to the previous and next item in the list respectively, while [Q and ]Q go to the beginning and end of the list respectively.
Can you have more than one location list in Vim?
The location list behaves just like the quickfix list except that it is local to the current window instead of being global to the Vim session. So if you have five open windows, you can have up to five location lists, but only one quickfix list.
What do the QuickFIX and location lists do?
The quickfix and location lists are helpful mechanisms for loading and navigating compilation errors and warnings, or when searching in a project. Although the quickfix list is traditionally devoted to errors, there’s nothing stopping you from using it for other tasks.
How many QuickFIX and location lists are there in Vim?
As you can see, the location commands are nearly identical to their quickfix counterparts, except that c is replaced with l. Vim retains up to ten quickfix lists per session and ten location lists per window. If an operation creates a new list, the previous one is retained in the background until the limit is reached.