Lcd wrote: > > > > > On 7 July 2016, Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> wrote: > [...] > > > > I don't understand. What does "access to a buffer" mean? > > > > > > Syntastic is a sort of generalised compiler set, it runs > > > external compilers, and shows the results in a loclist. Except it > > > does a lot more than just open the loclist: it places signs, adds > > > highlighting patterns, shows errors in balloons, shows the nearest > > > error, and so on. There is some bookkeeping involved, and syntastic > > > needs actual buffers to set local options, local variables, place > > > signs, munge error messages according to context, check that error > > > lines are not outside the file, and the like. Could all that be > > > done starting from filenames? Probably, with a rewrite from scratch > > > of the core. Somebody else might even take up that task some day. > > > > > > > Anyway, the idea was that this is only used for specific purposes > > > > where a buffer is not needed, e.g. a list of matches for "grep". > > > > > > The point is, there will be two kinds of loclists: "rich" ones > > > (with buffers), and "poor" ones (with filenames). Syntastic would > > > need to deal with both. > > > > I don't see the problem. If syntastic wants to do something that > > requires a buffer, then it opens that buffer. The only difference is > > that the buffer is created later, not when the item is added to the > > quickfix list. > > As I said, doing that would involve rewriting the core from scratch. > > Admitting for the sake of the argument that rewriting wouldn't be a > problem, let's say there's a file "example.c" that's mentioned in the > list of errors, and I want to place a sign in it. The file is not open, > how would I do that? Let's say I open the file and place the sign. > Would jumping to the file from the loclist re-use my buffer?
Sorry, I still don't see a problem. As soon as it tries to get the buffer it will exist. How does it currently get the buffer? -- Emacs is a nice OS - but it lacks a good text editor. That's why I am using Vim. --Anonymous /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
