Re: grep and quickfix

On 26/05/14 03:18, Jean-Rene David wrote:
> * Mark Volkmann [2014.05.25 20:44]:
>> When I run this:
>> :grep some-word **/*.js
>> it outputs lots of matches.
>> Then I run this:
>> :copen
>> and there is nothing in the quickfix list.
>> Isn't the grep command supposed to populate that?
>> Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?
>> I have not modified the grepprg or grepformat options.
>
> The most likely error is that grepformat doesn't
> match the output that you get. But you're not
> giving us much to go on.
>
> Can you perhaps show us what one line of output
> looks like?
>
> And while you're at it, can you show us the values
> of grepprg and grepformat, just to be sure?
>

Or you might try using :vimgrep (q.v.) instead of :grep, unless your
*.js files are too big for Vim's memory space.

Best regards,
Tony.
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