Create a generic command that populates the qf/loc list with the output of a list-like command

[romainl]

Basically, something like vim-qlist that would also work for :oldfiles, :changes, etc in a generic manner.

Scenario

• :Toqf changes would set a specific errorformat and run :cexpr with the output of :changes.
• :Toloc tselect foo would set a specific errorformat and run :cexpr with the output of :tselect foo.

Outputs from several commands

:changes

change line  col text
    1   148    0 \ include=^\\s*\\([^\/]\\{-\\}import[^'\"]*\\\|[^\/]\\{-\\}require\(\\)*['\"]\\zs[^'\"]*\\ze
>

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:clist & :llist

1 .minivimrc:131 col 3: elseif cmdline =~ '\v\C^(cli|lli)' | return "\<CR>:silent " . repeat(cmdline[0], 2) . "\<Space>"
2 .minivimrc:132 col 3: elseif cmdline =~ '\C^changes' | set nomore | return "\<CR>:sil se more|norm! g;\<S-Left>"
3 .minivimrc:133 col 3: elseif cmdline =~ '\C^ju' | set nomore | return "\<CR>:sil se more|norm! \<C-o>\<S-Left>"
4 .minivimrc:134 col 3: elseif cmdline =~ '\C^ol' | set nomore | return "\<CR>:sil se more|e #<"
5 .minivimrc:135 col 3: elseif cmdline =~ '\C^undol' | return "\<CR>:u "
6 .minivimrc:136 col 3: elseif cmdline =~ '\C^ls' | return "\<CR>:b"
7 .minivimrc:137 col 3: elseif cmdline =~ '/#$' | return "\<CR>:"
8 .minivimrc:138 col 3: else | return "\<CR>" | endif
9 .minivimrc:139 col 2: else | return "\<CR>" | endif

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:jumps

6   365   13 .vim/vimrc
5   365   13 .vim/vimrc
4   365   13 .vim/vimrc
3   130    0 if cmdline =~ '\v\C^(dli|il)' | return "\<CR>:" . cmdline[0] . "jump  " . split(cmdline, " ")[1] . "\<S-Left>\<Left>"
2   148    0 \ include=^\\s*\\([^\/]\\{-\\}import[^'\"]*\\\|[^\/]\\{-\\}require\(\\)*['\"]\\zs[^'\"]*\\ze
1     1    0 " MINIVIMRC
>

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:oldfiles

1: ~/.minivimrc
2: ~/.vim/vimrc
3: ~/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim/runtime/doc/cmdline.txt
4: ~/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim/runtime/doc/windows.txt
5: ~/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
6: ~/Desktop/foo.sql
7: /private/var/folders/j0/ppmv8dx13rb38ffc284r2_200000gn/T/Google Chrome - (null) 005.txt
8: ~/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim/runtime/syntax/sqloracle.vim
9: ~/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim/runtime/syntax/sql.vim

Substitution:

:s/^\(\d\+\):\s\(.\+\)$/\2:1:1:oldfile #\1

~/.vim/vimrc:1:1:oldfile #2 

Notes:

• appears to work
• what about the cursor position?

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:ls & :buffers & :files

1 %a + ".minivimrc"                   line 146

Substitution:

:s/^\s\+\d\+\s\([^\"]\+\)\s\+"\(.\+\)"\s\+line \(\d\+\)$/\=submatch(2) . ":" . (submatch(3) == 0 ? 1 : submatch(3)) . ":1:" . submatch(1)

.minivimrc:146:1:%a

Notes:

• works reasonably well
• but what about the column number?
• what to do with the status symbols?
  • expand them to a human-readable form like current, alternate, hidden, etc.
  • apply some custom highlighting?

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:number & :#

132 »       »       elseif cmdline =~ '\v\C^(cli|lli)' | return "\<CR>:silent " . repeat(cmdline[0], 2) . "\<Space>"
133 »       »       elseif cmdline =~ '\C^changes' | set nomore | return "\<CR>:sil se more|norm! g;\<S-Left>"
134 »       »       elseif cmdline =~ '\C^ju' | set nomore | return "\<CR>:sil se more|norm! \<C-o>\<S-Left>"
135 »       »       elseif cmdline =~ '\C^ol' | set nomore | return "\<CR>:sil se more|e #<"
136 »       »       elseif cmdline =~ '\C^undol' | return "\<CR>:u "
138 »       »       elseif cmdline =~ '\C^ls' | return "\<CR>:b"
139 »       »       elseif cmdline =~ '/#$' | return "\<CR>:"
140 »       »       else | return "\<CR>" | endif
141 »       else | return "\<CR>" | endif

Substitution:

:s/^\s\+\(\d\+\)\s\(.\+\)$/\=expand("%") . ":" . submatch(1) . ":" . col('.') . ":" . submatch(2)

.minivimrc:140:8:»       »       else | return "\<CR>" | endif

Notes:

Works perfectly with the default errorformat.

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:marks

mark line  col file/text
'      1    0 
C    394    0 ~/Sites/FullSIX-Site-Groupe/front/source/scss/modules/_groupe_v2.scss
H     11   26 ~/Sites/a.html
J    141   24 ~/Sites/FullSIX-Site-Groupe/front/source/js/modules/controller.js
O     26    8 ~/Sites/FullSIX-Site-Groupe/front/source/js/modules/contact.js
P     57    6 ~/Sites/FullSIX-Site-Groupe/symfony/src/AppBundle/Controller/AppController.php
R    399    0 ~/Desktop/foo.zob
S     36    2 ~/Sites/FullSIX-Site-Groupe/front/source/js/modules/contact.js
V      6   42 ~/.vim/bundle/custom/plugin/custom.vim
X     21    1 ~/Documents/f6-starter-kit/_scripts/js.sh
0    931   28 ~/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim/runtime/doc/pattern.txt
1      5   18 ~/.inputrc
2    131    0 ~/.vim/colors/apprentice.vim
3     48   35 ~/.vim/colors/apprentice.erb
4     58    0 ~/Downloads/colorscheme_template.vim

Substitution:

:s/^\s\+\(.\)\s\+\(\d\+\)\s\+\(\d\+\)\s\(\f\+\)$/\=submatch(4) . ":" . submatch(2) . ":" . submatch(3) . ":" . submatch(1)

~/.inputrc:5:18:1

Notes:

• must get rid of the first line before applying substitution
• what to do if the mark is in the current file?
• marks need some kind of formatting

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TODO

• Figure out a proper errorformat for each output.

[kqvanity]

Can that be further expanded to include support for the error formats of common programming languages!?

[romainl]

@z0xyz the idea, here, is (or was) to provide a common quickfix interface to all the built-in list-like commands like :marks, :jumps, :ls, etc. A universal parser is way out of scope. I vaguely remember someone starting to put together a comprehensive list of &efm years ago but that's really not something I would want to do, in general, or add to vim-qf, specifically.