created by

Ingo Karkat

script type

utility

description

DESCRIPTION This plugin provides mappings and commands to add and subtract alternative branches to the current search pattern. Currently searching for "foo," but also want to find matches for "bar"? You could type /foo\|bar<CR> or /<C-R>/\|bar<CR>, but once you want to limit the search to whole \<words\> (like the star command), and juggle several alternatives, adding and dropping them as you search, this plugin is quicker than manually editing the search command-line (which you can still do). SEE ALSO RELATED WORKS - Add to Word Search (vimscript #3955) can add the keyword under the cursor to   the search pattern and search forward / backward like * / #. USAGE <Leader>+               Add the current whole \<word\> as an alternative to the                         search pattern, similar to the star command. <Leader>g+              Add the current word as an alternative to the search                         pattern, similar to the gstar command. {Visual}<Leader>+       Add the current selection as an alternative to the                         search pattern.                         For a blockwise-visual selection, each line of the                         block (minus leading and trailing whitespace) is added                         as a separate alternative search pattern. When the                         first selected line of the block is surrounded by non-                         keyword characters, the match is done with \<...\>.                         If the blockwise-visual selection is only comprised                         of a single line, all WORDs of that line are added as                         separate alternative whole \<word\> search patterns. <Leader>-               Remove the current whole \<word\> from the alternatives                         in the search pattern. <Leader>g-              Remove the current word from the alternatives in the                         search pattern. {Visual}<Leader>-       Remove the current selection from the alternatives in                         the search pattern.                         For a blockwise-visual selection, this has the same                         special behavior as {Visual}<Leader>+. :SearchAdd {expr}       Add {expr} as an alternative to the search pattern. :SearchRemove {expr}    Remove {expr} from the alternatives in the search                         pattern. :[N]SearchRemove        Remove the [N]'th / last alternative from the                         alternatives in the search pattern.

install details

INSTALLATION The code is hosted in a Git repo at     https://github.com/inkarkat/vim-SearchAlternatives You can use your favorite plugin manager, or "git clone" into a directory used for Vim packages. Releases are on the "stable" branch, the latest unstable development snapshot on "master". This script is also packaged as a vimball. If you have the "gunzip" decompressor in your PATH, simply edit the *.vmb.gz package in Vim; otherwise, decompress the archive first, e.g. using WinZip. Inside Vim, install by sourcing the vimball or via the :UseVimball command.     vim SearchAlternatives*.vmb.gz     :so % To uninstall, use the :RmVimball command. DEPENDENCIES - Requires Vim 7.0 or higher. - Requires the ingo-library.vim plugin (vimscript #4433), version 1.035 or   higher.

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
SearchAlternatives-1.11.vmb.gz	1.11	2020-01-31	7.0	Ingo Karkat	- Abort :SearchRemove command on error. - ENH: When adding a pattern (e.g. /foo/) when a shorter prefix (/fo/) already exists, the shorter one will eclipse the longer one (only "fo" will be matched in "foobar"). A new algorithm determines / estimates (in case of multis) the match length, and adds shorter ones after longer ones, to avoid the problem. In case of varying match lengths (e.g. with * and \+ multis), it cannot completely fix it, but it's always equal or better than the original simple addition at the end. - ENH: When removing a branch, existing global regexp flags like for case sensitivity (/\c, /\C) and regexp engine type (/\%#=0) caused a mismatch, and the corresponding branch could not be found. Now, we extract those flags and segregate them from the comparisons. On addition via SearchAlternatives#AddPattern(), make global flags unique and put them to the front of the search pattern. *** You need to update to ingo-library (vimscript #4433) version 1.035! ***
SearchAlternatives-1.10.vmb.gz	1.10	2013-07-19	7.0	Ingo Karkat	- ENH: Blockwise <Leader>+ / <Leader>- add / remove each partial selected trimmed line as a separate search alternative, or individual words when a single line is blockwise-selected. - ENH: Implement command completion that offers existing alternatives (to remove or clone-and-modify them). - Add dependency to ingo-library (vimscript #4433). *** You need to separately install ingo-library (vimscript #4433) version 1.009 (or higher)! ***
SearchAlternatives.vba.gz	1.00	2012-07-26	7.0	Ingo Karkat	Initial upload

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