On Friday, October 20, 2017 at 9:04:29 PM UTC-5, Tim Chase wrote: > Long a nagging annoyance, I figured it's time to ask. I frequently > will do a :vimgrep on a term under the cursor, but want the resulting > navigation to open in a new window. > > $ vim somefile.c > :echo 'In my main code window' > :new > :echo 'I want my vimgrep results HERE' > :vimgrep /pattern/ *.[ch] > :copen > > Navigating to my desired entry in the quickfix list and hitting Enter > on the desired line ends up navigating in my original "main code" > window, not in the window I ":copen"ed. > > 1) how to I know which window the Enter will impact? Vim seems to > have an uncanny ability to choose the one I *least* want to change. > > 2) how can I tell Vim which window I want the resulting quick-fix > "Enter" navigation to go into? > > Thanks,
Do :copen, then put the cursor in the window you want, then jump directly to the quickfix window (e.g. with CTRL-W_b). After that the correct window should be used. -- -- 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.
