Deep Dive into `getqflist()` Functionality and its Applications

that has the file name, use bufname() to get the name module module name lnum line number in the buffer (first line is 1) end_lnum end of line number if the item is multiline col column number (first column is 1) end_col end of column number if the item has range vcol |TRUE|: "col" is visual column |FALSE|: "col" is byte index nr error number pattern search pattern used to locate the error text description of the error type type of the error, 'E', '1', etc. valid |TRUE|: recognized error message user_data custom data associated with the item, can be any type. When there is no error list or it's empty, an empty list is returned. Quickfix list entries with a non-existing buffer number are returned with "bufnr" set to zero (Note: some functions accept buffer number zero for the alternate buffer, you may need to explicitly check for zero). Useful application: Find pattern matches in multiple files and do something with them: >vim vimgrep /theword/jg *.c for d in getqflist() echo bufname(d.bufnr) ':' d.lnum '=' d.text endfor < If the optional {what} dictionary argument is supplied, then returns only the items listed in {what} as a dictionary. The following string items are supported in {what}: changedtick get the total number of changes made to the list |quickfix-changedtick| context get the |quickfix-context| efm errorformat to use when parsing "lines". If not present, then the 'errorformat' option value is used. id get information for the quickfix list with |quickfix-ID|; zero means the id for the current list or the list specified by "nr" idx get information for the quickfix entry at this index in the list specified by "id" or "nr". If set to zero, then uses the current entry. See |quickfix-index| items quickfix list entries lines parse a list of lines using 'efm' and return the resulting entries. Only a |List| type is accepted. The current quickfix list is not modified. See |quickfix-parse|. nr get information for this quickfix list; zero means the current quickfix list and "$" means the last quickfix list qfbufnr number of the buffer displayed in the quickfix window. Returns 0 if the quickfix buffer is not present. See |quickfix-buffer|. size number of entries in the quickfix list title get the list title |quickfix-title| winid get the quickfix |window-ID| all all of the above quickfix properties Non-string items in {what} are ignored. To get the value of a particular item, set it to zero. If "nr" is not present then the current quickfix list is used. If both "nr" and a non-zero "id" are specified, then the list specified by "id" is used. To get the number of lists in the quickfix stack, set "nr" to "$" in {what}. The "nr" value in the returned dictionary contains the quickfix stack size. When "lines" is specified, all the other items except "efm" are ignored. The returned dictionary contains the entry "items" with the list of entries. The returned dictionary contains the following entries: changedtick total number of changes made to the list |quickfix-changedtick| context quickfix list context. See |quickfix-context| If not present, set to "". id quickfix list ID |quickfix-ID|. If not present, set to 0. idx index of the quickfix entry in the list. If not present, set to 0. items quickfix list entries. If not present, set to an empty list. nr quickfix list number. If not present, set to 0 qfbufnr number of the buffer displayed in the quickfix window. If not present, set to 0. size number of entries in the quickfix list. If not present, set to 0. title quickfix list title text. If not present, set to "". winid quickfix |window-ID|. If not present, set to 0 Examples (See also |getqflist-examples|): >vim echo getqflist({'all': 1}) echo getqflist({'nr':

This section delves deeper into the functionality of the `getqflist()` function, detailing the structure and content of the list it returns. It lists all the entries within the dictionary: `bufnr`, `module`, `lnum`, `end_lnum`, `col`, `end_col`, `vcol`, `nr`, `pattern`, `text`, `type`, `valid`, and `user_data`. It provides a code example demonstrating how to find pattern matches in multiple files using `vimgrep` and process them with `getqflist()`. The section also covers the optional `{what}` dictionary argument, explaining how it can be used to retrieve specific information about the quickfix list, such as `changedtick`, `context`, `efm`, `id`, `idx`, `items`, `lines`, `nr`, `qfbufnr`, `size`, `title`, `winid` or `all`. It also clarifies the structure and content of the returned dictionary, including entries like `changedtick`, `context`, `id`, `idx`, `items`, `nr`, `qfbufnr`, `size`, and `title` and provides several illustrative examples.