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*MultipleSearch.txt* Simultaneously show multiple search results Ver. 1.3
Maintainer: Dan Sharp <dwsharp at hotmail dot com>
Last Changed: 13 Aug 2008
License: Vim License
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1. MultipleSearch Plugin *MultipleSearch*
MultipleSearch allows you to have the results of multiple searches displayed
on the screen at the same time. Each search highlights its results in a
different color, and all searches are displayed at once. After the maximum
number of colors is used, the script starts over with the first color.
Special thanks to:
Peter Valach for suggestions and testing!
Jeff Mei for the suggesting and testing the :SearchBuffers command.
Amber Hassan for fixing problems with a search pattern containing quote
characters!
Manuel Picaza for the mapping to :Search the word under the cursor.
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2. Commands *MultipleSearch-commands*
:Search <pattern> *:Search*
will highlight all occurrences of <pattern> in the current buffer. A
subsequent :Search <pattern2> will highlight all occurrences of <pattern2>
in the current buffer, retaining the highlighting of <pattern1> as well.
<pattern1> and <pattern2> are any search pattern like you would use in a
normal /<pattern> search.
The :Search command honors Vim's 'ignorecase' and 'smartcase' settings for
its own search. You can use the |\c| and |\C| flags in the search pattern to
force case matching no matter the setting of 'ignorecase' and 'smartcase'.
:SearchBuffers <pattern> *:SearchBuffers*
The :SearchBuffers command works just like :Search, but the search occurs in
all currently listed buffers (i.e., those that appear in the output of :ls).
The match in all buffers will have the same color. This is different than
:bufdo Search <pattern> because in that case, each buffer will highlight the
match in a different color.
" Clear the current search selections and start over with the first color in
" the sequence.
:SearchReset
To clear the highlighting, issue the command :SearchReset (for the current
buffer) or :SearchBuffersReset (for all buffers).
" Clear the current search selections and start over with the first color in
" the sequence.
:SearchBuffersReset
To clear the highlighting, issue the command :SearchReset (for the current
buffer) or :SearchBuffersReset (for all buffers).
" Reinitialize the script after changing one of the global preferences.
:SearchReinit
If you change one of the preference variables, you can issue the command
:SearchReinit
to update the script with your new selections.
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3. Mappings *MultipleSearch-mappings*
" Thanks to Manuel Picaza for the following mapping to :Search the word under
" the cursor.
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>*
" Following Manuel's idea, adapt the former 'Super Star' tip from vim.org to work with
" :Search on a visual selection.
vnoremap <silent> <Leader>*
" Set the current search pattern to the next one in the list
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>n
" Set the current search pattern to the previous one in the list
nnoremap <silent> <Leader>N
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4. Settings *MultipleSearch-settings*
You can specify the maximum number of different colors to use by setting the
g:MultipleSearchMaxColors variable in your .vimrc. The default setting is
four, but the script should handle as much as your terminal / GUI can
display. The g:MultipleSearchColorSequence variable lets you list the
colors you want displayed, and in what order. To make the text more
readable, you can set the g:MultipleSearchTextColorSequence variable to a
list of colors for the text, each position corresponding to the color in the
same position in g:MultipleSearchColorSequence.
*g:MultipleSearchMaxColors*
g:MultipleSearchMaxColors (Default: 8)
Specifes a maximum number of colors to use.
*g:MultipleSearchColorSequence*
g:MultipleSearchColorSequence (Default: "red,yellow,blue,green,magenta,
cyan,gray,brown")
Defines the sequence of colors to use for searches.
*g:MultipleSearchTextColorSequence*
g:MultipleSearchTextColorSequence (Default: "white,black,white,black,white,
black,black,white")
Defines the text color for searches, so that it can still be read against
the colored background.
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