created by

Ingo Karkat

script type

utility

description

DESCRIPTION You use text searches are the time in Vim. While it's simple to recall previous patterns through the cmdline-history, quickly recognizing them can be hard, especially if it's a long convoluted regular expression that you've confidently built some hours ago, but now all variants stored in the history look like nearly identical gibberish. This plugin allows you to "tag" individual searches with a name, so that these searches are documented and therefore become easier to recognize and recall. You can also pre-seed your search history with frequently needed searches. HOW IT WORKS Tagged searches reside in the normal search history like all other searches. The tagging works by prepending a special regular expression branch that never matches any text. RELATED WORKS Inspired by http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10174171/indicator-to-see-from-which-function-a-search-string-comes/ USAGE Inside the search command-lines (:/, :?), tag (and un-tag) the current search with CTRL-T, type the tag name, and store and activate the search with <Enter> as usual. Since tagged searches start with the tag, recall is as simple as entering the search command-line via :/, typing the first letters of the tag and pressing c_<Up> (repeatedly if there are many). When you're in the|cmdline-window| via q/, just search for tags via /^{tag-name}. Or open a filtered view of the search cmdline-window through q_CTRL-T. CTRL-T                  Prepend the search-neutral tag expression and position                         the cursor before it at the beginning of the                         command-line, so that the tag can be entered.                         For the tag, stick to alphanumeric characters                         (whitespace is okay, too). Do not use characters like                         \, &, |, etc. that have a special meaning in a regexp!                         When the current search already has been tagged:                         Remove the tag and the following search-neutral tag                         expression.                         You can use CTRL-T CTRL-T to re-tag a tagged search                         pattern. q CTRL-T                Open the search command-line window as with q/ and                         list only tagged searches. The tag names are                         highlighted for easier recognition. As usual, <Enter>                         uses the current search pattern under the cursor, or                         press CTRL-C to continue editing in Command-line mode.

install details

INSTALLATION This script is packaged as a vimball. If you have the "gunzip" decompressor in your PATH, simply edit the *.vba.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 TaggedSearchPattern.vba.gz     :so % To uninstall, use the :RmVimball command. DEPENDENCIES - Requires Vim 7.0 or higher. CONFIGURATION For a permanent configuration, put the following commands into your vimrc: To turn off the highlighting of the tag name and search-neutral tag expression in the search cmdline-window:     let g:TaggedSearchPattern_HighlightTags = 0 To change the highlighting colors, redefine or link the two highlight groups:     highlight link TaggedSearchTag Search     highlight TaggedSearchNeutral ctermfg=Black guifg=White

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
TaggedSearchPattern.vba.gz	1.00	2012-07-09	7.0	Ingo Karkat	Initial upload

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