How to display vim-test output in a quickfix window?

Question

I have installed vim-test, and setup the following pytest executable in my .vimrc:

let g:test#python#pytest#executable = 'python3 -m pytest'

When I call :TestFile, pytest runs in a background shell and display errors. But I would like to display those errors with file names and line numbers in a quick fix window that can be used to jump to the file at that line number.

The vim test readme mentions several quickfix-strategies:

https://github.com/vim-test/vim-test#quickfix-strategies

Is there a way to simply display the errors in a quickfix window, without creating a makefile?

Answer 1

In .vimrc, define strategies to send the test output

let test#strategy = "make"
" or
" let test#strategy = "dispatch"

After running vim test's :TestFile or :TestSuite on a pytest script, use :copen to display the test result in a quickfix window. Lines of the errors that contain a file name and a line number will create a link that directly sends you to the file and line where the error occurred.