Re: :make isn't catching errors

On Tuesday, January 1, 2013 2:06:29 PM UTC-6, stillLearningVim wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've downloaded MinGW on Windows 7, so I can compile c++ programs from cmd with the command g++ example.cpp -o run. With vim, :make isn't catching any errors, or maybe I don't correctly understand how :make works, I'm not really sure.
>
> In my vimrc I have:
> makeprg=g++\ %\ -o\ run
>
> When example.cpp contains an error:
> :make gives me "!g++ example.cpp -o run > C:\...\VIeD50B.tmp
> shell returned 1
> Press ENTER or type command to continue"
> :cn gives me "E42: No Errors"
>
> Thanks in advance!

You probably need to set your 'errorformat' option so Vim knows how to parse the error output.

The best way to set both makeprg and errorformat at the same time is using a compiler plugin, for example using ":compiler gcc". Search through the plugins in $VIMRUNTIME/compiler to see if any meet your needs. Otherwise you'll need to set the 'errorformat' option yourself, which can be complicated. See the :help error-file-format section for details.

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