ccfilter - a compiler's output filter for vim quickfix ccfilter [ <options> ] The ccfilter utility "filters" the output of several compilers and makers (make/gmake) from several platforms (see NOTES below) to a standardized format which easily fits in vim's quickfix feature. For further details, see in vim ":help quickfix".

ccfilter reads 'stdin' and outputs to 'stdout' \.

The need for ccfilter is clear, as some compilers have irregular and/or multiple line error messages (with the relevant information on line 2), which makes it impossible for the errorformat to correctly display them ! When working on different platforms, and with different compilers, ccfilter eases the utilization of quickfix, due to its standardized output, allowing to have in .vimrc a plain

:set errorformat=%f:%l:%c:%t:%m

When using ccfilter, one would include the following lines in .vimrc:

:set shellpipe=\\\\|&ccfilter\\\\>

:set errorformat=%f:%l:%c:%t:%m

16 -c Decrement column by one. This may be needed, depending on the compiler being used.

-r Decrement row by one. This may be needed, depending on the compiler being used.

-v Verbose (Outputs also invalid lines). This option makes ccfilter output also the lines that couldn't be correctly parsed. This is used mostly for ccfilter debugging.

-o <COMPILER> Treat input as <COMPILER>'s output. Even when configuring ccfilter to assume a default COMPILER, sometimes it's helpful to be able to specify the COMPILER used to generate ccfilter's input. For example, when cross-compiling on a network from a single machine.

-h Shows a brief help, describing the configured default COMPILER and the valid parameters for COMPILER.

Currently, ccfilter accepts output from several compilers, as described below:

10 GCC GCC compiler

AIX AIX's C compiler

ATT AT&T/NCR's High Performance C Compiler

IRIX IRIX's MIPS/MIPSpro C compiler

SOLARIS SOLARIS's SparcWorks C compiler

HPUX HPUX's C compiler

ccfilter was developed by Pablo Ariel Kohan mailto:[email protected]