Hi Paul! On Mi, 17 Aug 2011, Paul wrote:
> On Aug 17, 3:03 pm, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Aug 17, 10:14 am, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Aug 17, 1:44 am, "Christian Brabandt" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, August 17, 2011 4:00 am, Paul wrote: > > > > > I am using Vim 7.3 on Windows 7 Enterprise 32-bit. > > > > > > > I'm use the quickfix list a lot with vimgrep. I swap between lists by > > > > > the :cold and :cnew commands. However, after much editing, the lists > > > > > get out-of-date. When I cruise between lists, I often forget the > > > > > vimgrep expression, and the command history q: doesn't help after much > > > > > editing and flipping between lists. Is there a way to: (1) recall the > > > > > vimgrep expression associated with the currently viewed quickfix list, > > > > > and (2) refresh the list by effectively redoing the vimgrep? For #2, > > > > > I can see advantages and disadvantages to putting the repeated vimgrep > > > > > onto the command history as a new entry. > > > > > > I think since Vim 7.3 the quickfix window should always have the > > > > variable > > > > w:quickfix_title set which contains the command that created this list. > > > > Unfortunately, until at least patch 7.3.280 that variable wasn't always > > > > updated so often did contain only the first command, but that patch > > > > should have fixed that. > > > > > > The $VIMRUNTIME/ftplugin/qf.vim should also set the statusline in the > > > > quickfix window to display that variable. > > > > > > Assuming you have been in the quickfix window before and are now in > > > > another window, something like that should be possible to redo > > > > the command, that created the quickfix window: > > > > > > :exe getwinvar(winnr('#'), 'quickfix_title') > > > > > OK, thanks, Christian. Many new vim concepts (to me) in that > > > example...I'll explore it further. > > > > I sourced that file manually. I can't say that I understand it all, > > but the most relevant line seems to be > > > > setlocal stl=%q%{exists('w:quickfix_title')?\ '\ '.w:quickfix_title\ : > > \ ''} > > > > In any case, it seems to require that the cursor doesn't *have* to be > > in the quickfix window prior to sourcing the file, but the statusline > > doesn't update until I re-issue ":copen". > > > > It helps alot....being greedy, I was wondering: > > > > Is there a simple way to get the statusline to update automatically? > > > > Also, short of placing an source command in .vimrc, is there a way to > > ensure that this plugin runs automatically? I mean something more > > elegant than dropping it in my vim/plugin/ directory. My runtime path > > already "c:\Program Files\Vim\vim73". The full path of the plugin is > > "c:\Program Files\Vim\vim73\ftplugin\qf.vim". It should load already, > > but doesn't seem to. > > My quick and dirty solution is: > > command QF source c:/Program\ Files/Vim/vim73/ftplugin/qf.vim A simple filetype plugin on in your .vimrc should suffice, that the file should be read automatically. regards, Christian -- Schwimmer gegen den Strom dürfen nicht erwarten, daß dieser seine Richtung ändert. -- Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (eig. S. J. de Tusch-Letz) -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
