Re: error doing search using :grep or findstr

On Saturday, September 14, 2013 4:12:34 PM UTC-5, dapio wrote:
> On Saturday, September 14, 2013 8:07:08 PM UTC+1, Ben Fritz wrote:
> <snip>
> > If you want to search the current file with findstr instead of Vim's built-in search, you can grep the current file:
> >
> > :grep foo %
> >
> > Note this searches the on-disk file, you would need to save first.
> >
>
> When I write a file, save it as e.g. ~/d.dd
>
> do :grep there %
>
> It then exits back to the shell where I had launched vim and the shell then says
>
> So it adds the "Shell returned 1" line and the "Press ENTER line"
>
> "C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\vim74>vim
>
> shell returned 1
>
> Press ENTER or type command to continue"
>

Works fine for me. I had to set 'noshellslash' first but this is the default setting.

>
> If I press ENTER it adds these lines
>
> "(1 of 1): FINDSTR: Cannot open d.dd
> Press ENTER or type command to continue"
>

Did the file actually save? This is a strange error since it is already open in a buffer...

> that last line is in green, if I push ENTER it goes back into VIM.

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