Ramel Eshed wrote:
> On Sunday, April 17, 2016 at 3:12:55 AM UTC+3, [email protected] wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 3:43 PM, Yegappan Lakshmanan
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Ramel Eshed <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> Adding an item to the current quickfix list causes a jump to the first
> > >> item rather than keeping the current context:
> > >>
> > >> Download the attached file;
> > >> vim -u NONE -N
> > >> :source qf_test.vim
> > >>
> > >> -After adding 2 items, :cn, adding one more item and another :cn we are
> > >> in (2 of 3) instead of (3 of 3).
> > >>
> > >
> > > The setqflist() function resets the index of the quickfix list so that it
> > > points to the first entry (even if entries are appended to the list).
> > >
> > > Due to a bug in the set_errorlist() function, the index is set to 1
> > > instead
> > > of zero. That is why, you saw 2 of 3 instead of 1 of 3.
> > >
> >
> > The quickfix index is 1 based and not zero based. The current code correctly
> > sets the index to 1. So there is no bug in the current code.
> >
> > The documentation for the setqflist() function needs to be updated to
> > state that it will reset to the first valid entry.
> >
> > - Yegappan
>
> Is there any reason to reset the pointer each time? I think that it is
> more reasonable to leave the pointer as it when adding to the list so
> it’d be possible to work with the list and adding new items to it when
> they’re available without losing the context.
> What I’m trying to do is to start a job that will search in a large code
> base and to be able to work with the available results as they appear. I
> don’t want to wait for the entire search to complete. Now, when trying
> to call setqflist(…, ‘a’) from the job’s callback I can’t really work
> with the results that already arrived.
I would think it's reasonable to reset when inserting before the current
position, but when adding after it it would be OK to keep it. That
would solve your use case.
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