I have tried 2 different maven compiler plugins, both have the same issue, so I believe it is related to how the filename is returned from maven on windows.
When I run mvn from the command line I get this output: [ERROR] /C:/my/path/to/MyClass.java:[178,26] cannot find symbol [ERROR] symbol: class Value And the resulting error opened in Vim is: :ls! 11 %a "\C:\my\path\to\MyClass.java" The errorformat always references the filename like this: CompilerSet errorformat+=%E[ERROR]\ %f:[%l\\,%c]\ %m,%Z I simply modified the errorformat on Windows to add a "/" before the filename to strip it off: CompilerSet errorformat+=%E[ERROR]\ /%f:[%l\\,%c]\ %m,%Z But I did this just using a substitute command at the end of the mvn compiler command: if has('win32') || has('win64') " Maven produces these errors on Windows " [ERROR] /C:/my/path/to/MyClass.java:[178,26] cannot find symbol [ERROR] " symbol: class Value " " And the resulting error opened in Vim is: " :ls! " 11 %a "\C:\my\path\to\MyClass.java" " " That file does not exist, so this will alter the " errorformat and remove the leading "/" from the filename let &l:errorformat = substitute(&errorformat, '%f', '/&', 'g') endif This works like a charm. Does this make sense, or is some some other "Vimish" way to do this with isfname and so on .... Thanks, David -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.