Well... it simply don't work (the vimgrep). Erik, thank you so much for your tip. Looks like it fixes that error msg but now if just keep saying: "XXXXX not found" where XXXXX is the filename that i try to search. I will keep looking at it.
Thanks again. On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:52 PM, Tony Mechelynck < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 03/12/08 15:09, Shade - wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Two of my friends made a really nice plugin. With this plugin you can > > just use > > > > :Findmate nameoffile > > > > And it looks trough the folders and subfolders that you are at, > > searching for files with that name. Displaying it in a list. And then > > you can just press 1-X in order to open the file that you desire. > > > > But i don't know why it doesn't work with Windows (I already installed > > perl in order for it to work). It keep saying Can't find string > terminator. > > > > Can anybody help me with it please? I already gave up :( > > > > Here is the plugin: http://www.masquesoft.net/vim/findmate.vim > > > > Thanks all in advance. > > To find all files with a given name at any depth in the current > directory or below, you need neither perl nor a plugin. Nor any > particular external program, in fact. Just use > > :vimgrep /\%1l/ **/filename.ext > > It will generate a list of matches which you can open with > > :copen > > You can then jump to any match by hitting Enter on the appropriate line. > Or you can view all matching files in sequence by means of > > :cnext > :cprev > :cfirst > :clast > > (for next, previous, first and last match respectively, of course). See > ":help quickfix.txt" for details. The idea of the vimgrep command above > is to match "the first line" of any file of the given name at any depth > (since we have to match "something" in the file's contents). > > > Best regards, > Tony. > -- > Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
