Re: syntax highlight :g/pattern/p in separate buffer?

Reckoner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use :g/pattern/p frequently to see where functions are used in a
> very large program. It would be very helpful to be able to see the
> output of this in a separate buffer with corresponding syntax
> highlighting.
>
> Is this possible? Is there a plug-in for this?

You could use Vim's builtin grep to perform the search and the quickfix
window to view the highlighted results...

:vim /pattern/ %
:copen

:help vimgrep
:help copen

Hope this helps...
Brett Stahlman

>
> Thanks in advance
>

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