Is there a way to list all search results of vim in a separate buffer, sort of like what Ctrl-] does when multiple matches are found? Although browsing with n and N is okay too, I believe it might be even faster that way.
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:grep will use the QuickFix window, which will let you see all the matches and quickly jump between them. For example, :grep <cword> % will search for the token currently under the cursor, within the current file.
answered Nov 10, 2010 at 21:26
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:grepinvokes externalgrepcommand so you can use desiredgreparguments to expand your search, e.g.:grep -A4 -B2 <pattern> %Commented Jul 28, 2023 at 21:57
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vimgrep (Error List)
:vimgrep pattern %
:copen
Use j/up and k/down keys to navigate the list, Enter to select a match.
Traverse the matches in the open file using n and N the regular way.
lvim (Location List)
:lvim pattern %
:lopen
Navigation is similar to that in vimgrep.
global search
:g/regular-expression/p
Note that grep got its name from this command sequence!
I have not tried this one, but I've had it bookmarked for a while and it may be fairly close to what you want:
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2255
Since it ties into the quickfix system, you can show the matches in the quickfix window; see ":help quickfix-window".
