Re: vim - how to enable searching in vim editor and finding/highlighting pattern that is only in non-commented block/line

On Monday, August 24, 2015 at 2:12:30 AM UTC-5, Annis Monadjem wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a way to search in vim editor and to find text highlighted only for pattern found in non-commented blocks/lines.
>
> I often use *, #, g*, g# but these find every pattern also in commented blocks/lines of code.
>
> Also, I frequently use plugins CltrP, CTags and taglist but these also have the same problem of finding every possible found pattern also in commented blocks/lines of code. Additionally, the Ctrl-] and Ctrl-T find the original point where a variable was declared (in Java).
>
> When writing and reading through Java source code I find it necessary to search for where in the file(s) a variable has been declared, initiated and perhaps modified. Often variables/functions are modified not once and initialization might not be done same place where it has been declared.
>
> What current I do is to find the declaration of an existing variable by using Ctrl-] then i come back using Ctrl-T. Then to see where it has been perhaps initiated and changed I use * and #. But these last two find all patterns also in commented blocks/lines (where compiler does not read and where I am not interested to scroll/read).
>
> Is there a more productive way of searching/highlighting patterns of text that appear in a file only in non-commented blocks/lines.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Annis

For this, I use an IDE, though there may be other ways.

Specifically, I use Eclipse, along with Eclim, to allow me to navigate the results in Vim and just keep Eclipse running in the background.

http://eclim.org

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