traces.vim
Overview
This plugin highlights patterns and ranges for Ex commands in Command-line mode.
It also provides live preview for the following Ex commands:
:substitute
:smagic
:snomagic
Requirements
Vim v8.0.1206+
or
Neovim v0.2.3+
- this plugin is not compatible with inccommand, please turn it off if you want to use this plugin
Note: some of the features provided by this plugin are already present in Vim/Neovim.
| traces.vim | Vim* | Neovim | |
|---|---|---|---|
:substitute preview |
✓ | ✓ | |
pattern preview for :substitute |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
pattern preview for :global, :vglobal, :sort |
✓ | ✓ | |
pattern preview for :vimgrep |
✓ | ||
| range preview | ✓ | ||
| partial off-screen results in a preview window | ✓ |
* added by patch v8.1.0271
Example
Installation
Linux
git clone https://github.com/markonm/traces.vim ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start/traces.vim
Run the :helptags command to generate the doc/tags file.
:helptags ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start/traces.vim/doc
Windows
git clone https://github.com/markonm/traces.vim %HOMEPATH%/vimfiles/pack/plugins/start/traces.vim
Run the :helptags command to generate the doc/tags file.
:helptags ~/vimfiles/pack/plugins/start/traces.vim/doc