Advanced Quickfix/Location List Functions: getqflist() and setqflist()

already opened in another window in the current tabpage, then that window is used. 3. If the above step fails and 'switchbuf' contains "usetab" and if the file is opened in a window in any one of the tabpages, then that window is used. 4. If the above step fails then a window in the current tabpage showing a buffer with 'buftype' not set is used. 5. If the above step fails, then the file is edited in a new window. In all of the above cases, if the location list for the selected window is not yet set, then it is set to the location list displayed in the location list window. *quickfix-window-ID* You can use the |getqflist()| and |getloclist()| functions to obtain the window ID of the quickfix window and location list window respectively (if present). Examples: > echo getqflist({'winid' : 1}).winid echo getloclist(2, {'winid' : 1}).winid < *getqflist-examples* The |getqflist()| and |getloclist()| functions can be used to get the various attributes of a quickfix and location list respectively. Some examples for using these functions are below: > " get the title of the current quickfix list :echo getqflist({'title' : 0}).title " get the identifier of the current quickfix list :let qfid = getqflist({'id' : 0}).id " get the identifier of the fourth quickfix list in the stack :let qfid = getqflist({'nr' : 4, 'id' : 0}).id " check whether a quickfix list with a specific identifier exists :if getqflist({'id' : qfid}).id == qfid " get the index of the current quickfix list in the stack :let qfnum = getqflist({'nr' : 0}).nr " get the items of a quickfix list specified by an identifier :echo getqflist({'id' : qfid, 'items' : 0}).items " get the number of entries in a quickfix list specified by an id :echo getqflist({'id' : qfid, 'size' : 0}).size " get the context of the third quickfix list in the stack :echo getqflist({'nr' : 3, 'context' : 0}).context " get the number of quickfix lists in the stack :echo getqflist({'nr' : '$'}).nr " get the number of times the current quickfix list is changed :echo getqflist({'changedtick' : 0}).changedtick " get the current entry in a quickfix list specified by an identifier :echo getqflist({'id' : qfid, 'idx' : 0}).idx " get all the quickfix list attributes using an identifier :echo getqflist({'id' : qfid, 'all' : 0}) " parse text from a List of lines and return a quickfix list :let myList = ["a.java:10:L10", "b.java:20:L20"] :echo getqflist({'lines' : myList}).items " parse text using a custom 'efm' and return a quickfix list :echo getqflist({'lines' : ['a.c#10#Line 10'], 'efm':'%f#%l#%m'}).items " get the quickfix list window id :echo getqflist({'winid' : 0}).winid " get the quickfix list window buffer number :echo getqflist({'qfbufnr' : 0}).qfbufnr " get the context of the current location list :echo getloclist(0, {'context' : 0}).context " get the location list window id of the third window :echo getloclist(3, {'winid' : 0}).winid " get the location list window buffer number of the third window :echo getloclist(3, {'qfbufnr' : 0}).qfbufnr " get the file window id of a location list window (winnr: 4) :echo getloclist(4, {'filewinid' : 0}).filewinid < *setqflist-examples* The |setqflist()| and |setloclist()| functions can be used to set the various attributes of a quickfix and location list respectively. Some examples for using these functions are below: > " create an empty quickfix list with a title and a context :let t = 'Search results' :let c = {'cmd' : 'grep'} :call setqflist([], ' ', {'title' : t, 'context' : c}) " set the title of the current quickfix list :call setqflist([], 'a', {'title' : 'Mytitle'}) " change the current entry in the list specified by an identifier :call setqflist([], 'a', {'id' : qfid, 'idx' : 10}) " set the context of

This section details the usage of `getqflist()` and `getloclist()` functions to obtain window IDs and other attributes of quickfix and location list windows. It provides examples for retrieving attributes like title, ID, number of entries, context, changedtick, and current entry of quickfix and location lists. The section also covers `setqflist()` and `setloclist()`, providing examples for setting attributes, like creating an empty list with a title and context, changing titles, and setting the current entry. It provides several sample code snippets demonstrating how to use these functions to manipulate quickfix and location lists.