Michael Lamb wrote:
> >> I've put some spare time into an errorformat string and a filter
> >> script which makes plain-old javac compilation nicer than the
> >> examples from :help errorformat-javac
> >
> > Assuming this works well, it's only for Unix. Thus I would add it
> > to ":help errorformat-javac" instead of replacing the existing
> > example.
>
> I intended neither but I'd be happy for the former. It's not a
> significant change, so feel free to omit my name for brevity.
I like to keep the name in, so that when later changes are suggested we
know who wrote the original.
> If you're going to add this to the help files where lots of people will
> read it, let me be a bit more professional. I've made minor language
> changes to your modification of my text, below.
>
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> Here is an alternative for Unix that filters the errors first: >
> :setl errorformat=%Z%f:%l:\ %m,%A%p^,%-G%*[^sl]%.%#
> :setl makeprg=javac\ %\ 2>&1\ \\\|\ vim-javac-filter
>
> You need to put the following in "vim-javac-filter" somewhere in your
> path (e.g., in ~/bin) and make it executable: >
> #!/bin/sed -f
> /\^$/s/\t/\ /g;/:[0-9]\+:/{h;d};/^[ \t]*\^/G;
>
> In English, that sed script:
> - Changes single tabs to single spaces and
> - Moves the line with the filename, line number, error message to just
> after the pointer line. That way, the unused error text between
> doesn't break vim's notion of a "multi-line message" and also
> doesn't force us to include it as a "continuation of a multi-line
> message."
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Thanks for the update. Only the last two items changed, right?
> I was concerned about this not being a cross-platform solution. I'd be
> delighted if there were a more elegant (pure-vim) method. Is there a way
> to have some vimscript modify the errorfile before parsing?
Currently not. Now that Vim script is powerful enough for this it would
be a good idea to add it. Don't know how it would work exactly.
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