On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 2:31 AM, Aman Jain <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> After doing '[I' - (left bracket followed by capital i) which is meant
> for displaying all lines that contain the keyword under cursor, how
> can I save those results.
> The output was not available in any registers.
Besides the answers you have received I keep the following in my .vimrc
" Find and display (in a new buffer) with syntax highlighting on /*{{{*/
" Courtesy of Dr. Chip Campbell
" Try putting the following into your <.vimrc>; then
" :[range]FindHiLite 'pattern'
" will set up a separate window using the syntax highlighting
" and highlight-search emphasis.
"
function! FindHiLite(regex) range
let akeep = @a
let @a = ""
let ft = &ft
" Escape special characters in the regex
let regex = substitute(
\ substitute(
\ escape(a:regex, '\\/.*$^~[]'),
\ "\n$",
\ "", ""
\ ),
\ "\n", '\\_[[:return:]]', "g"
\ )
" Do not escape the special characters
let regex = a:regex
" Add line numbers followed by a tab for each
" line found
exe a:firstline.','.a:lastline."g/".
\ (&ignorecase==1?'\c':'\C').
\ regex.'/' .
\ ':let @a = @a . line(".") . "\t" . getline(".") . "\n"'
topleft split
enew!
put a
norm! 1G2dd
exe "set hls nomod ft=".ft
let @a= akeep
endfunction
command! -range=% -nargs=1 FindHiLite <line1>,<line2>call FindHiLite(<q-args>)
Then I run:
:FindHiLite dave
A split window is opened with each of the lines you would see from [i,
the difference being is:
1. they are in a new buffer.
2. they are syntax highlighted
3. they have lines numbers assigned to them
I use this frequently. Then just use :bw! to get rid of it when you
have finished. I have thought about adding a couple of buffer
specific maps which would:
1. <enter> work like the quickfix window and transfer me back to the
previous window and take me to the line I wanted.
2. 'q' to run the :bw! for me, since I have 'q' "quit" my help,
quickfix, yankring, and other buffers so it is nice and consistent.
HTH,
Dave
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