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). 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. <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. :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 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 SearchAlternatives.vba.gz     :so % To uninstall, use the :RmVimball command. DEPENDENCIES - Requires Vim 7.0 or higher.

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
SearchAlternatives.vba.gz	1.00	2012-07-26	7.0	Ingo Karkat	Initial upload

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