Quickfix List Notes

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Source: medium.com

The Idea

Save error messages from a compiler in a file and use Vim to jump to the errors one by one.

Basic Commands:

• copen: open quickfix list in a separate window
• cclose: close quickfix list
• cn[ext]: go to next item in the list
• cp[rev]: go to previous item in the list

nnoremap <C-j> :cnext<cr>
nnoremap <C-k> :cprev<cr>

QuickFix Do

The :cdo command:

:cdo s/something/something-else/gc
:cdo norm _:s/const/function<cr>f=hdt(f=dt{

We can record a macro. Then

:cdo norm @j