Quickfix window not displaying stderr messages?

Question

After running :make, the quickfix window displays the compile command and other stdout messages from the makefile, but it doesn't display any errors. Everything but stderr messages are displaying. How do I enable stderr messages?

Answer 1

You have to add this to your vimrc:

set shellpipe=2>

...to enable stderr output in the quickfix window.

Answer 2

To collect only stderr, use:

set shellpipe=2>

To collect both stderr and stdout:

set shellpipe=>%s\ 2>&1

Or, to collect both and watch builds as they proceed:

set shellpipe=2>&1\ \|\ tee