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93 lines
3.1 KiB
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# ack.vim
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This plugin is a front for the Perl module
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[App::Ack](http://search.cpan.org/~petdance/ack/ack). Ack can be used as a
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replacement for 99% of the uses of _grep_. This plugin will allow you to run
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ack from vim, and shows the results in a split window.
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## Installation
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### Ack
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You will need the ack, of course, to install it follow the
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[manual](http://beyondgrep.com/install/)
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### The Plugin
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To install it is recommended to use one of the popular package managers for Vim,
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rather than installing by drag and drop all required files into your `.vim` folder.
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#### Manual (not recommended)
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Just
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[download](https://github.com/mileszs/ack.vim/archive/kb-improve-readme.zip) the
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plugin and put it in your `~/.vim/`(or `%PROGRAMFILES%/Vim/vimfiles` on windows)
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#### Vundle
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Bundle 'mileszs/ack.vim'
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#### NeoBundle
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NeoBundle 'mileszs/ack.vim'
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## Usage
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:Ack [options] {pattern} [{directories}]
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Search recursively in {directory} (which defaults to the current directory) for
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the {pattern}.
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Files containing the search term will be listed in the split window, along with
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the line number of the occurrence, once for each occurrence. [Enter] on a line
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in this window will open the file, and place the cursor on the matching line.
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Just like where you use :grep, :grepadd, :lgrep, and :lgrepadd, you can use
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`:Ack`, `:AckAdd`, `:LAck`, and `:LAckAdd` respectively.
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(See `doc/ack.txt`, or install and `:h Ack` for more information.)
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For more ack options see
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[ack documentation](http://beyondgrep.com/documentation/)
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### Keyboard Shortcuts
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In the quickfix window, you can use:
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o to open (same as enter)
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O to open and close quickfix window
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go to preview file (open but maintain focus on ack.vim results)
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t to open in new tab
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T to open in new tab silently
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h to open in horizontal split
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H to open in horizontal split silently
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v to open in vertical split
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gv to open in vertical split silently
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q to close the quickfix window
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This Vim plugin is derived (and by derived, I mean copied, essentially) from
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Antoine Imbert's blog post
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[Ack and Vim Integration](http://blog.ant0ine.com/typepad/2007/03/ack-and-vim-integration.html)
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(in particular, the function at the bottom of the post). I added a help file that
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provides just enough reference to get you going. I also highly recommend you
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check out the docs for the Perl script 'ack', for obvious reasons:
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[ack - grep-like text finder](http://beyondgrep.com/).
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### Gotchas
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Some characters have special meaning, and need to be escaped your search
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pattern. For instance, '#'. You have to escape it like this :Ack '\\\#define
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foo' to search for #define foo. (From blueyed in issue #5.)
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## Changelog
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### 1.0
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* Remove support to ack 1.x
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* Start to use a Changelog
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* Use `autoload` directory to define functions, instead of `plugin`.
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* Add option to auto fold the results(`g:ack_autofold_results`)
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* Improve documentation, list all options and shortcuts
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* Improve highlight option to work when passes directories or use quotes.
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* Add g:ack_mapping
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* Add g:ack_default_options
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* Add a help toggle `?`(like NERDTree)
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