friendly-grep.vim

you can grep easily with this plugin.

demo movie

Installation

if you use vundle, execute :BundleInstall after adding the following line into your .vimrc.

  Bundle 'akira-hamada/friendly-grep.vim'

or Download files and put them into your plugin and autoload directory.

How to Use

just execute the following command.

:FriendlyGrep

I recommend you add shortcut for the function into your .vimrc like this.

nnoremap <C-g> <ESC>:FriendlyGrep<CR>

Options

  let g:friendlygrep_target_dir = 'path/to/dir/you/often/grep/'
  " You can set directory path you grep friquently.

  let g:friendlygrep_recursively = 1
  " if you set this option 1, you can grep recursively always without a prompt for you.
  " The default value is null (ask you recursive option everytime you grep)

  let g:friendlygrep_display_result_in = 'tab'
  " if you set 'tab' for this option, the plugin opens result in newtab.
  " you can set 'split', 'vsplit' or 'quickfix' as value.
  " The default value is 'split' (open results in top splited window)

Vimgrep Tips

You might want to add the following shortcuts to jump around the grep result into your .vimrc.

  nnoremap <LEFT> :cprevious<CR>
  nnoremap <RIGHT> :cnext<CR>
  nnoremap <UP> :<C-u>cfirst<CR>
  nnoremap <DOWN> :<C-u>clast<CR>