Thanks, following your advice finally the script started working. Here is the changed script:
" Last Change: 2014-05-22 Thursday: 04:16:18 PM " -----------------------Implementation of a simple feature " -----------------------"Find in Files and Directories" " -----------------------like Notepad++ ----------------- " -----------------------Created & Edited by Pinaki Sekhar Gupta <[email protected]>------------------------ " -----------------------Licence: No licence is better than everything------------------------------------------- :menu Edit.Find\ in\ Files :<Esc>:<Esc>:call Find_in_Files() <Cr> function Find_in_Files() " -----------------------raw method----------------- " :vimgrep /GNU/ C:\CodeBlocks\TDM-GCC-64\include\*.txt " :cw " -------------------------------------------------- let what2find = inputdialog("search term", "", "cancel pressed") let directory = browsedir("Browse the directory","") let filetype = inputdialog("filetype", "", "cancel pressed") let forwardslash = "/" let space = " " let wildcard = "*." if what2find != "" && what2find != "cancel pressed" && directory != "" && filetype != "" " port to test whether the nested strings are working or not " http://vim.1045645.n5.nabble.com/How-can-I-pass-user-input-value-to-vimgrep-td5721661.html " :echom "Hello, " . "world" " Hello, world " http://learnvimscriptthehardway.stevelosh.com/chapters/26.html " echo forwardslash . what2find . forwardslash . space . directory . wildcard . filetype :execute "vimgrep /" . what2find . forwardslash . space . fnameescape(directory) . wildcard . fnameescape(filetype) :cw else " process if user press okay if what2find != "cancel pressed" && directory != "cancel pressed" && filetype != "cancel pressed" :execute "vimgrep /" . what2find . forwardslash . space . fnameescape(directory) . wildcard . fnameescape(filetype) :cw endif endif endfunction If you still have any improvement suggestion please inform.. -- View this message in context: http://vim.1045645.n5.nabble.com/How-can-I-pass-user-input-value-to-vimgrep-tp5721661p5721667.html Sent from the Vim - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
