On Monday, August 24, 2015 at 2:12:30 AM UTC-5, Annis Monadjem wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for a way to search in vim editor and to find text highlighted > only for pattern found in non-commented blocks/lines. > > I often use *, #, g*, g# but these find every pattern also in commented > blocks/lines of code. > > Also, I frequently use plugins CltrP, CTags and taglist but these also have > the same problem of finding every possible found pattern also in commented > blocks/lines of code. Additionally, the Ctrl-] and Ctrl-T find the original > point where a variable was declared (in Java). > > When writing and reading through Java source code I find it necessary to > search for where in the file(s) a variable has been declared, initiated and > perhaps modified. Often variables/functions are modified not once and > initialization might not be done same place where it has been declared. > > What current I do is to find the declaration of an existing variable by using > Ctrl-] then i come back using Ctrl-T. Then to see where it has been perhaps > initiated and changed I use * and #. But these last two find all patterns > also in commented blocks/lines (where compiler does not read and where I am > not interested to scroll/read). > > Is there a more productive way of searching/highlighting patterns of text > that appear in a file only in non-commented blocks/lines. > > Thanks in advance, > Annis
For this, I use an IDE, though there may be other ways. Specifically, I use Eclipse, along with Eclim, to allow me to navigate the results in Vim and just keep Eclipse running in the background. http://eclim.org -- -- 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.
