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XPath Search : Allows XPath searches to be performed on XML files

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created by
Dave Aitken
 
script type
utility
 
description
-Defines a new command, :XPathSearchPrompt that begins XPath search mode.
-Start typing your XPath and see the results pop up in vim's location list as you type

Also see github: https://github.com/actionshrimp/vim-xpath
 
install details
Requires:
-Python installed and support enabled on vim (look for +python under :version)
-python-lxml library installed (http://lxml.de)
 

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package script version date Vim version user release notes
vim-xpath-v2.0.0.zip 2.0.0 2013-08-26 7.0 Dave Aitken Rewrite. Uses location list instead of custom results buffer. Better handling of long XML files, and XML namespaces
actionshrimp-vim-xpath-26a7cb7.zip 1.20 2011-06-19 7.0 Dave Aitken Removed default forced keybinding, added easier command.
General bugfixes.
Now evaluates expressions that aren't associated with a particular line.
xpath.vba 1.10 2011-04-06 7.0 Dave Aitken Updated to handle unnamed buffers and to search on the last searched buffer if the current window is the results window.
xpath.vba 1.05 2011-04-04 7.0 Dave Aitken Fixed minor bugs and encoding issues.
xpath.vba 1.0 2011-04-03 7.0 Dave Aitken Initial upload
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