Building the quickfix window from VimL

7.4.1-466  Windows 7 32 bit

I have a plugin with formats some code.

But in order to format it, it has to parse it.

During the parsing, it can report errors.

I want to basically open the quickfix window and give the usual output you would usually supply with a :make.

So I create a new buffer.

:setlocal filetype=qf

Put in some content:

myfile.txt,3,134,some error message

Set the errorformat:

setlocal errorformat=%f,%l,%c,%m

But the buffer never turns into what I expect with the quickfix window.

It remains as text, rather than turning into the expect (syntax is slightly different) I can click on the line and it takes me to myfile.txt (different buffer) to the line and column specified in the error.

Here are the actual commands I am executing:

setlocal nowrap

setlocal noswapfile

setlocal nonumber

setlocal bufhidden=wipe

setlocal errorformat=%f,%l,%c,%m

setlocal filetype=qf

<paste the text>

myfile.txt,3,134,some error message

setlocal nomodified

Do I just have the errorformat wrong (it is a pretty simple one in this case), which is stopping this from working or something else?

Also, assuming I get my new buffer to turn into a quickfix window properly, when I hit enter on the line, the filename is "myfile.txt" does Vim just look for an already open buffer with that name and switch to it or do I have to link this new quickfix buffer to my already open buffer?

Thanks for any help.

David

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