Grep operator

[gabebw]

<Leader>gt; would be cool: http://learnvimscriptthehardway.stevelosh.com/chapters/33.html

[bobwhitelock]

For what it's worth I use https://github.com/rgrinberg/vim-operator-gsearch, which provides exactly this (if I'm reading this issue right :) )

[teoljungberg]

I have this mapped to gr for :grep and gl for :lgrep: https://github.com/teoljungberg/vim-grep-motion

[gabebw]

@teoljungberg Thank you for the dotfiles help today 😄!

According to :help lgrep, it searches the location list, which is "a window-local quickfix list".

I've never used the location list, and I'm not sure when (or why) it's better than the quickfix list. When would you use lgrep instead of grep?

[gabebw]

@bobwhitelock Thank you for the pointer! 🎉

[teoljungberg]

The quickfix list is shared globally, between all tabs and windows. And the location list is specific to a given window, as the name suggests. Meaning if I :lgrep for something from a window, and move away - my location list is then reset. My use-case for the location list is to quickly grep up where some token comes from, questions who's answers doesn't need to stick around than the scope of the current window.

I have been toying with the workflow of running linters through :lmake, but I haven't done that fully just yet.