created by

Dan Sharp

script type

utility

description

MultipleSearch allows you to have the results of multiple searches displayed on the screen at the same time.  Each search highlights its results in a different color, and all searches are displayed at once.  After the maximum number of colors is used, the script starts over with the first color. The command syntax is: :Search <pattern1> which will highlight all occurrences of <pattern1> in the current buffer.  A subsequent :Search <pattern2> will highlight all occurrences of <pattern2> in the current buffer, retaining the highlighting of <pattern1> as well. <pattern1> and <pattern2> are any search pattern like you would use in a normal /<pattern> search. The :Search command honors Vim's 'ignorecase' and 'smartcase' settings for its own search.  You can use the \c and \C flags in the search pattern to force case matching no matter the setting of 'ignorecase' and 'smartcase'. The :SearchBuffers command works just like :Search, but the search occurs in all currently listed buffers (i.e., appear in the output of :ls).  The match in all buffers will have the same color.  This is different than  :bufdo Search <pattern> because in that case, each buffer will highlight the match in a different color.  Thanks to Jeff Mei for the suggestion! To clear the highlighting, issue the command :SearchReset (for the current buffer) or :SearchBuffersReset (for all buffers). You can specify the maximum number of different colors to use by setting the g:MultipleSearchMaxColors variable in your .vimrc.  The default setting is four, but the script should handle as much as your terminal / GUI can display.  The g:MultipleSearchColorSequence variable lets you list the colors you want displayed, and in what order.  To make the text more readable, you can set the g:MultipleSearchTextColorSequence variable to a list of colors for the text, each position corresponding to the color in the same position in g:MultipleSearchColorSequence. If you change one of the preference variables, you can issue the command :SearchReinit to update the script with your new selections.

install details

Copy the MultipleSearch.vim file into your local plugins directory, restart (g)vim, and you are ready to go.

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
MultipleSearch.zip	1.3	2008-09-23	6.0	Dan Sharp	New mappings: n and N : jump to next / previous match of current ':Search' pattern <Leader>n and <Leader>N : jump to next / previous ':Search'-ed pattern <Leader>* : perform a :Search of the word under the cursor / visually selected region Other changes: Supports Vim 7 autoload mechanism, but will still work under Vim 6 Bug fixes to escape characters in the search pattern
MultipleSearch.vim	1.2.1	2003-10-14	6.0	Dan Sharp	Add the :SearchBuffersReset command to clear the highlighting in all buffers from the new :SearchBuffers command.
MultipleSearch.vim	1.2	2003-10-13	6.0	Dan Sharp	Added the :SearchBuffers command to perform the same search in all open buffers.  This is different than ':bufdo Search' where each buffer will have the match highlighted in a different color.
MultipleSearch.vim	1.1	2002-11-19	6.0	Dan Sharp	- :Search command now respects Vim's 'ignorecase' and 'smartcase' settings. - User-defined color sequence can be used for searches. - Maximum number of colors that can be used is limited only by the operating system.
MultipleSearch.vim	1.0	2002-11-11	6.0	Dan Sharp	Initial upload

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