Re: Making :grep easier to use

On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 12:32 -0800, David Frey wrote: Often times I am looking at a file and there is a certain string sitting infront of me that I want to grep for. Right now, I go into command mode and type :grep some_string *.extension Is it possible to yank some_string and then paste

Re: Making :grep easier to use

A bit off-topic, but in addition to yank and paste (e.g. c-r) you can use c-rc-w to insert the word under the cursor. -- Stefan