Yegappan Lakshmanan wrote:
> On 3/6/07, Gary Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 2007-03-07, "A.J.Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Gary Johnson wrote:
> > > > If I open a new window, read into it the results of a grep command,
> > > > e.g.,
> > > >
> > > > :r !grep -nH somepattern somefileset
> > > >
> > > > and then try to use that buffer as a quickfix list or location list
> > > > with either the :cb or :lb commands, respectively, I get
> > > >
> > > > E37: No write since last change (add ! to override)
> > > >
> > > > If I then try to add ! to the :cb or :lb commands, I get
> > > >
> > > > E477: No ! allowed
> > > >
> > > > It seems to me that the :cb and :lb commands are missing the ability
> > > > to handle a !.
> > > >
> > > > The most recent version of vim I had to verify this with was
> > > > 7.0.178.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Gary
> > > >
> > >
> > > If what you want to do with the output of grep is use it as a quickfix
> > > error list, then use ":grep" or ":lgrep" instead of ":r !grep". Or you can
> > > also use ":vimgrep" or ":lvimgrep" for internal grep (with Vim-style
> > > regexps).
> > >
> > > See ":help grep".
> >
> >
> > It seems pretty clear that there has been an oversight in the
> > implementation of the :cb and :lb commands, even pointed to by the
> > text of E37. If there is some reason that the :cb and :lb commands
> > should not be extended to accept !, then the current text of E37 is
> > inappropriate for that error condition.
> >
>
> Try using the attached patch which enables the "!" modifier for the
> ":cbuffer" and ":lbuffer" commands.
Thanks for making this patch.
Now the patch for the help file, please?
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