Completely exit location list (lcl) created by Syntastic as well the main buffer when using :q, :q! or :wq! in VIM

Question

I'm using Syntastic plugin. I have some files with some errors (Warnings) that I can't change. When I have a file opened with error messages, and I quit the file(buffer) pressing :q, the error messages are still visible(another buffer), so I have to press :q twice to completely exit when editing a file.

So, how do I press :q just once with a file with a buffer containing my file and another buffer (location list) containing Syntastic errors? I've searched a little bit and the command to close the location list is :lcl.

When I exit a buffer with :q, if the location list for that buffer is active, I want to close it with the location list within, calling :lcl. I'm reading some autocmd BufLeave and BufWinLeave and trying to create a mapping for this, but I cant know the difference between the two. Can someone help me?

Remembering, :w, :q, :q!, :wq should all work as intended.

Answer 1

As lcl work even if there is no error window you can map q to lcl and q

cnoremap q<cr> \|lcl\|q<cr>

As suggested an abbreviation seems better

cabbrev q lcl\|q

(note the \ before |, without it does the abbreviation then quit )

Answer 2

I realize this question is old and that the answer was accepted sometime ago. I tried using the accepted answer but it does not seem to work any more.

I did however find a workaround from this question, should others run in to this.

Basically, use a script to check if there are any other remaining windows open and if the last remaining window is a location-list, quit.

:autocmd WinEnter * if &buftype ==# 'quickfix' && winnr('$') == 1 | quit | endif

I think this may not be ideal but works well enough in the meantime.