> On Wed, August 17, 2011 4:00 am, Paul wrote:
> > I am using Vim 7.3 on Windows 7 Enterprise 32-bit.
>
> > I'm use the quickfix list a lot with vimgrep. I swap between lists by
> > the :cold and :cnew commands. However, after much editing, the lists
> > get out-of-date. When I cruise between lists, I often forget the
> > vimgrep expression, and the command history q: doesn't help after much
> > editing and flipping between lists. Is there a way to: (1) recall the
> > vimgrep expression associated with the currently viewed quickfix list,
> > and (2) refresh the list by effectively redoing the vimgrep? For #2,
> > I can see advantages and disadvantages to putting the repeated vimgrep
> > onto the command history as a new entry.
>
> I think since Vim 7.3 the quickfix window should always have the variable
> w:quickfix_title set which contains the command that created this list.
> Unfortunately, until at least patch 7.3.280 that variable wasn't always
> updated so often did contain only the first command, but that patch
> should have fixed that.
>
> The $VIMRUNTIME/ftplugin/qf.vim should also set the statusline in the
> quickfix window to display that variable.
>
> Assuming you have been in the quickfix window before and are now in
> another window, something like that should be possible to redo
> the command, that created the quickfix window:
>
> :exe getwinvar(winnr('#'), 'quickfix_title')
OK, thanks, Christian. Many new vim concepts (to me) in that
example...I'll explore it further.
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