Re: Parse an error log and go to the line indicated as being the error?

Hi,

David Woodfall schrieb am 18.09.2014 um 10:25:
> Hi, I have a function that calls my make application and if
> compilation fails it brings up a new window at the top of the term
> with the log open in it. All works well but what I'd like to do is
> grab the line from the error message and go to that line in my code
> script.
>
> Here is an example of one such line:
>
> I:\ut99\XConsole\Classes\XConsole.uc(4230) : Error, Unexpected 'i'
>
> So in this example I would like to place the cursor at line 4230.
>
> I can't find much in the way googling for this but I imagine it's
> possible. Perhaps there's a way of setting a variable from the line
> number and then going to it?
>
> Any ideas greatly appreciated.

have you tried the :make command inside Vim? It calls the program given
in the 'makeprg' option and parses its output according to the rules
defined by the 'errorformat' option. The default of 'errorformat' should
work in your example and automatically position you on line 423 of
XConsole.uc.

Regards,
Jürgen

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