.vimrc

" Make, but with a few improvements: write before we try it, suppress
" the output (it's going to show up in the quickfix buffer) and induce
" a redraw, because some output might leak out anyway
map m :w<CR>:silent make<CR>:redraw!<CR>

" Make the quickfix buffer only three lines high, so we conserve screen estate
au FileType qf call AdjustWindowHeight(3, 6)
function! AdjustWindowHeight(minheight, maxheight)
   let l = 1
   let n_lines = 0
   let w_width = winwidth(0)
   while l <= line('$')-3
       " number to float for division
       let l_len = strlen(getline(l)) + 0.0
       let line_width = l_len/w_width
       let n_lines += float2nr(ceil(line_width))
       let l += 1
   endw
   exe max([min([n_lines, a:maxheight]), a:minheight]) . "wincmd _"
endfunction


" Make, but with a few improvements: write before we try it, suppress
" the output (it's going to show up in the quickfix buffer) and induce
" a redraw, because some output might leak out anyway
map m :w<CR>:silent make<CR>:redraw!<CR>

" Make the quickfix buffer only three lines high, so we conserve screen estate
au FileType qf call AdjustWindowHeight(3, 6)
function! AdjustWindowHeight(minheight, maxheight)
   let l = 1
   let n_lines = 0
   let w_width = winwidth(0)
   while l <= line('$')-3
       " number to float for division
       let l_len = strlen(getline(l)) + 0.0
       let line_width = l_len/w_width
       let n_lines += float2nr(ceil(line_width))
       let l += 1
   endw
   exe max([min([n_lines, a:maxheight]), a:minheight]) . "wincmd _"
endfunction


" Skip QuickFix window when cycling buffers
nnoremap <silent> <C-w><C-w> <C-w><C-w>:if &buftype ==# 'quickfix'<Bar>wincmd w<Bar>endif<CR>

" From http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Show_entire_multiline_error_in_quickfix
" Because Vim is dumb and doesn't flush multiline at the top
" I picked the keys based on unimpaired (though I'm not using them.)
map ]q :cwindow<CR>:cn<CR><c-w>bz<CR><CR>
map [q :cwindow<CR>:cp<CR><c-w>bz<CR><CR>

map ]e :lnext<CR><CR>
map [e :lprev<CR><CR>


" Automatically open the QuickFix window after make
function! Mycwindow()
    cwindow
    " Cribbed from http://vim.1045645.n5.nabble.com/detecting-whether-the-quickfix-window-is-open-td1155292.html
    for i in range(1, winnr('$'))
        let bnum = winbufnr(i)
        if getbufvar(bnum, '&buftype') == 'quickfix'
            cc
            " It would be better to use bnum to jump but
            " whatever this works
            call feedkeys("\<c-w>bz\<CR>\<CR>")
            return
        endif
    endfor
endfunction
autocmd QuickFixCmdPost [^l]* nested call Mycwindow()
autocmd QuickFixCmdPost    l* nested lwindow

set errorformat^=%-G%.%#bound\ at%.%#