Re: The window to be chosen for quickfix

Hi Gary!

On Mi, 03 Dez 2014, Gary Johnson wrote:

> On 2014-12-02, Marcin Szamotulski wrote:
> > On 19:20 Mon 01 Dec 2014, neknekneknek wrote:
> > > Hi, I've encountered a weird behaviour of quickfix so let me ask
> > > a few questions.
> > >
> > > When I open a quickfix window with :copen, the quickfix window
> > > is opened at the bottom right and the corresponding source code
> > > is opened at the just upper window. The source code window seems
> > > to be opened at the right most, even when I have vertically
> > > splitted windows!
> > > For example, I vetically split the window with :vnew twice. I
> > > have three vertically splitted windows and the cursor at the
> > > left most window. I open the quickfix window with :copen. Then
> > > the quickfix window is opened at the most bottom right and the
> > > corresponding source code is opened at the right most window. I
> > > want it to be opened at the active window.
> > > I actually asked at another place and I got an answer. Just open
> > > the quickfix with :leftabove copen. Then the current window is
> > > used and all things are happy.
> > >
> > > The question is
> > > 1. Why the quickfix window is always opened at most right
> > > bottom? Why the corresponding code is opened at the
> > > right-most window? When vertically splitted, it's more
> > > reasonable to be opened at the current window, isn't it? Is
> > > this a bug or a documented behaviour?
> > > 2. Why does :leftabove fix the behaviour? Is this a reasonable
> > > solution? Is there any other answer?
> > > 3. Can you open a quickfix window with full width (just like
> > > :botright copen) while the corresponding code is opened at
> > > the active window? This is the most preferable behaviour
> > > that I want.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > > Regards
> > > itchyny
> >
> > Ad. 1) This is explicitly mentioned in the doc's just below the
> > description of :lwindow command.
> >
> > Ad. 2) When you open quick fix window it is always docked at the
> > bottom, that's why `:lefta cope` will open it on the left but
> > below.
> >
> > I didn't understood what do you want to achieve in 3.
>
> For 3, I think itchyny means the following.
>
> The user is editing in the left window of a split display.
>
> +-----------+-----------+
> | active | |
> | window | |
> | | |
> | | |
> | | |
> | | |
> +-----------+-----------+
>
> The user then executes :copen. The quickfix window should open at
> the bottom and be full-width.
>
> +-----------+-----------+
> | | |
> | | |
> | | |
> | | |
> +-----------+-----------+
> | quickfix window |
> +-----------+-----------+


I think :botright copen does this (at least it does here). I think,
there was a patch to fix this behaviour.

> Further, hitting Enter on any line in the quickfix window should
> open that target in the window that was active at the time the
> :copen command was executed. In this case, that would be the left
> window.

That is a personal annoyance of me as well. I do not know a fix for
this.

Best,
Christian
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