I use vimgrep (or grep) to search in files inside vim, but I see it’s quite inconvenient to have to write that every time I want to make search in vim. Any idea on how to make a suitable short-cut key to search in files?
Regards,
Rafid
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I use vimgrep (or grep) to search in files inside vim, but I see it’s quite inconvenient to have to write that every time I want to make search in vim. Any idea on how to make a suitable short-cut key to search in files?
Regards,
Rafid
The following will take you to the command-line, pre-populated with
vimgrepif you press F3 innormal mode:If you always wish to search the current directory, try:
If you want to save even more keypresses, try this to search the current directory for the word under the cursor:
Of course, these can be put into your
.vimrcfile.Vim’s inbuilt help system provides lots of useful information on this subject. See the following sections to explain what I have done:
:help :nmap:help c_CTRL-R_CTRL-W