created by

Jeet Sukumaran

script type

utility

description

'Filesearch' is a plugin for searching the local filesystem for files by name or content. The searches can be done using either glob patterns (searching for filenames only) or regular expression patterns (searching for filenames or file content). Three commands are provided:     :Fsglob /{glob}/[filetype-options] [paths]         Search filesystem for files with names matching the glob pattern         given by {glob}, which can include wildcard characters.     :Fsfind /{pattern}/[filetype-options] [paths]         Search filesystem for files with names matching the regular expression         pattern given by {pattern}.     :Fsgrep /{pattern}/[filetype-options] [paths]         Search filesystem for files with lines of content matching the regular         expression pattern {pattern}. By default searches are carried out recursively starting from the current directory, but the search paths can be adjusted through the use of optional arguments. Searches can also be restricted to specific filetypes through the use of filetype filter options (e.g., "py" for Python files, "cpp" for C++ source and header files). Results will be shown in new buffer (the "catalog viewer"). They can be browsed using all the normal Vim movement keys, and can be selected for viewing the in main (previous) window, a new vertical or horizontal split window, or new tab page. Detailed usage description is given in the help file, which can be viewed on-line here:     http://github.com/jeetsukumaran/vim-filesearch/blob/master/doc/filesearch.txt The public source code repository can be found here:     http://github.com/jeetsukumaran/vim-filesearch Vim has much of this functionality built-in (e.g. "vimgrep", "find").  But I find that the browsing, navigation and management of the results from these native Vim commands not the most convenient. For example, `:find` automatically goes to the first match, and you have to type `:2find` to go to the second match. I would prefer to view the results in single buffer, apply normal Vim search and movement commands to navigate to the results of my choice, and the ability to easily open target files/lines in a new window or tab page. There are also a number of plugins that do achieve something similar (e.g., the excellent 'Ack' plugin). But I wanted to be able to use Vim-dialect regular expressions when working inside Vim, and also wanted a little more control over how the results are displayed and sorted. Thus, I wrote this plugin.

install details

If Pathogen is installed, you can install Filesearch by unpacking the source archive in $VIMRUNTIME/bundle.  Otherwise, unpack the source archive and copy "autoload/filesearch.vim" to $VIMRUNTIME/autoload, "plugin/filesearch.vim" to $VIMRUNTIME/plugin and "doc/filesearch.txt" to $VIMRUNTIME/doc.

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
vim-filesearch-v1.2.0.tar.gz	1.2.0	2011-07-06	7.0	Jeet Sukumaran	- Do not clobber default register when rendering buffer. - Reorganization of into autoload plugin (thanks Kien N).
vim-filesearch-v1.0.0.tar.gz	1.0.0	2011-06-27	7.0	Jeet Sukumaran	Alternate archive format.
vim-filesearch-v1.0.0.zip	1.0.0	2011-06-27	7.0	Jeet Sukumaran	Initial upload

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