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Range, pattern and substitute preview for Vim
traces.vim
Overview
This plugin highlights patterns and ranges for Ex commands in Command-line mode.
It also provides live preview for :substitute.
Requirements
Vim 8.1
or
Neovim 0.2.3
Feature comparison
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 |
✓ | ✓[1] | ✓ |
pattern preview for :global, :vglobal, :sort |
✓ | ✓[1] | ✓[2] |
pattern preview for :vimgrep |
✓[1] | ✓[2] | |
off-screen results window for :substitute |
✓ | ✓ | |
off-screen results window for :global, :vglobal, :sort |
✓ | ||
| range preview | ✓ |
[1] added by patch v8.1.0271
[2] available in Neovim 0.5.0
Example
Installation
Use plugin/runtimepath manager of choice or install manually with the following command:
Linux
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/markonm/traces.vim ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start/traces.vim
Windows
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/markonm/traces.vim %HOMEPATH%/vimfiles/pack/plugins/start/traces.vim
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