rizzatti / greper.vim

Search, the way it should be.

greper.vim

This vim plugin improves searching, for words and with regular expressions, using a simple syntax.

It allows using any of these tools: ag, ack and grep. Whichever is avaiable, greper.vim will pick the fastest.

It provides a new set of commands, easy navigation of the search results window and (recommended) mappings.

Commands, Mappings and Configuration

Read the help to know more.

Installation

Using Vundle:

Just add this 2 lines to your ~/.vimrc:

Plugin 'rizzatti/funcoo.vim'
Plugin 'rizzatti/greper.vim'

And run :PluginInstall inside Vim.

Using pathogen.vim:

Copy and paste in your shell:

cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone https://github.com/rizzatti/funcoo.vim.git
git clone https://github.com/rizzatti/greper.vim.git

Using vpm:

Run this command in your shell:

vpm insert rizzatti/funcoo.vim
vpm insert rizzatti/greper.vim

Using Plug:

Just add this line to your ~/.vimrc inside plug call:

Plug 'rizzatti/funcoo.vim'
Plug 'rizzatti/greper.vim'

And run :PlugInstall inside Vim or vim +PlugInstall +qa from shell.

License

MIT

greper.vim's Issues

Add commands for :helpgrep and :lhelpgrep

Quickfix mappings lost if window is closed and reopened

Handle errors gracefully, without opening the quickfix

allowing params to exclude a pattern (dir or file)

something like:
:Grep text spec/ --exclude *.yml

Don't switch automatically to quickfix list if search was long

If search is taking long sometimes it's useful to do something else, while it's in progress. In my particular case I've tried to insert text into buffer. I've experienced some lags, but have been able to insert text, until suddenly search is done and I was placed into quickfix in insert mode (I have a plugin that makes quickifix editable) I've started to hit j key to traverse quickfix list, but instead I've edited text in it.

So in my opinion there is two things that gone wrong here. First, don't force me into quickfix if I've already switched my attention from search (simple heuristic is time, better heuristic is user actions). Second when switching force switch to normal mode.

Quickfix mappings sometimes leak into other buffers

I've found two things with the Quickfix mappings:

• Sometimes they seem to get activated and stuck in a non-quickfix buffer. For example, the t mapping to <C-W><CR><C-W>T will be stuck, and doing a :map t to whatever seems to do nothing to fix it.
• On a related note, I've tried to override these mapping in the quickfix itself using an after/ftplugin/qf.vim and it doesn't work. Also, entering my override mappings directly as ex commands doesn't work. Greper seems to be blocking it.

Finally, it would be nice if you provided an option to disable the default quickfix mappings. Thanks!

Use a single window for previewing results

Using the mappings will create new windows indefinitely right now. Previewing should behave like:

• o, go: use the window from the buffer which generated the search to show results in.
• v, gv: create a vertical split to the right of the window which generated the search.
• s, gs: create a horizontal split below the window which generated the search.
• t, gt: create a new tab to show the results in. If the user chooses the same file using t, gt a 2nd time from the quickfix window, the same tab window should be updated to show the new position, not create a new one.

Beyond this, switching modes, like using 's' after 'v' should close the vertical split and open a horizontal one. A single preview should be usable, except for tabs.