created by

Miles Sterrett

script type

utility

description

This plugin is a front for the Perl module App::Ack. Ack can be used as a replacement for 99% of the uses of grep. This plugin will allow you to run ack from vim, and shows the results in a split window. Search recursively in {directory} (which defaults to the current directory) for the {pattern}. Files containing the search term will be listed in the split window, along with the line number of the occurrence, once for each occurrence. [Enter] on a line in this window will open the file, and place the cursor on the matching line. Where you would use :grep, :grepadd, :lgrep, and :lgrepadd, you can use :Ack, :AckAdd, :LAck, and :LAckAdd respectively. For more information, and to check out the unstable, development version of the plugin, go here: http://github.com/mileszs/ack.vim/tree/master This Vim plugin is derived (and by derived, I mean copied, essentially) from Antoine Imbert's blog post Ack and Vim Integration (http://blog.ant0ine.com/2007/03/ack_and_vim_integration.html) (in particular, the function at the bottom of the post).

install details

Ack You have to install ack, of course. Install on Ubuntu with: sudo apt-get install ack-grep Install on Gentoo with: sudo emerge ack Install with MacPorts: sudo port install p5-app-ack Install with Gentoo Prefix emerge ack Otherwise, you are on your own. The Plugin Unpack the gzipped archive from within ~/.vim, and you should be good to go. mv ack.tar.gz ~/.vim cd ~/.vim tar xvzf ack.tar.gz Otherwise, the file ack.vim goes in ~/.vim/plugin, and the ack.txt file belongs in ~/.vim/doc. Be sure to run :helptags ~/.vim/doc afterwards.

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
ack.tar.gz	0.3.1	2009-04-21	6.0	Miles Sterrett	Added :redraw!
ack.tar.gz	0.3	2009-03-05	6.0	Miles Sterrett	Initial upload

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