Re: Is there way to show search matches in a separate window similar to Acrobat?

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 05:35:48PM -0500, Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi, The attached image shows what is available in Acrobat, where all
> the search results will show in one window with search keyword
> highlighted. This can be convenient as one can easily see the search
> results across all the document and can jump to the hit easily by
> clicking.
>
> Is there something similar in vim?

You may try

:vimgrep /pattern/ % | copen

or

:lvimgrep /pattern/ % | lopen

The '%' refers to the current file. You may use * and ** to refer to
many files at once (recursively).

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Erik Falor
Registered Linux User #445632 http://unnovative.net

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