73 results for "vimgrep quickfix"
:set switchbuf=useopen,usetab,newtab
When jump commands open files (:tag, quickfix navigation, location list jumps), Vim may split your layout in ways that break flow.
:packadd cfilter
Vim ships with useful optional runtime plugins that many users never load.
plugins #plugins #quickfix #location-list #search #command-line
:lvimgrep /TODO/j **/* | lopen\<CR>
When you are working in multiple windows, quickfix can become noisy because it is shared globally across the editor session.
:lvimgrep /pattern/j %
When you want a searchable list of matches without leaving your current editing context, :lvimgrep is a strong alternative to regular / navigation.
[q, ]q, [b, ]b (vim-unimpaired)
vim-unimpaired by Tim Pope provides consistent bracket mappings for navigating paired items like quickfix entries, buffers, and more.
:helpgrep
:helpgrep {pattern} searches all installed Vim help files for a pattern and populates the quickfix list with every match.
:lopen / :lnext / :lprev
The location list is a per-window variant of the quickfix list.
buffers-windows #navigation #quickfix #ex-commands #windows #productivity
:args {pattern}
The :args command sets Vim's argument list to all files matching a glob pattern.
:set grepprg={cmd} grepformat={fmt}
Vim's :grep command delegates to an external tool defined by grepprg, then parses the output according to grepformat to populate the quickfix list.
:Rg
The fzf.
:argdo %s/old/new/g | update
The :argdo command runs an Ex command on every file in the argument list (the files you opened Vim with, or added via :argadd).
:bufdo normal @a
The :bufdo command executes an Ex command in every open buffer, and when combined with :normal @a, it replays macro a across all of them.
macros #macros #buffers #ex-commands #automation #productivity
:args **/*.js | argdo %s/old/new/ge | update
The argument list (arglist) is Vim's mechanism for loading a set of files and running commands across all of them.
command-line #command-line #ex-commands #arglist #productivity #batch #editing
