Is there an Vim/MacVim equivalent for TextMate's Find in Project?

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I was using TextMate now I am using MacVim, the only thing I miss from TextMate is the "Find in Project" functionality, is there any Vim plugin providing this functionality?

This is pretty much a duplicate. Check http://stackoverflow.com/q/5290617/557306 and its answers. — sidyll, Apr 27 '11 at 23:58

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 28 '11 at 08:11

I think Project.vim lets you search in its "project" but I never really liked the idea of having several files from different parts of my filesystem magically grouped in a virtual project.

If — like me — all the files of your project happen to be in the same "real" folder Ack.vim and EasyGrep.vim both work very well.

LustyExplorer is also very good for searching in buffers.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered May 01 '11 at 23:27

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I think EasyGrep might do most of what you are looking for. It does a extension sensitive search of the current directory on down.

I use it a lot for finding things in projects.

answered May 01 '11 at 23:27

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 27 '11 at 21:17

I've been using ack.vim to do this.

You may need to install ack beforehand unless you already have it installed. There are installation instructions on the vim-scripts page, but here's what I did (I don't use macports):

curl http://betterthangrep.com/ack-standalone > /tmp/ack
sudo mv /tmp/ack /usr/local/bin/ack
sudo chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/ack

Which I have in a setup file for my vim configs here.

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 27 '11 at 20:26

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I have not used TextMate, but going through their manual, I believe one of these plugins is what you're looking for

I personally use NERD tree and Fuzzy finder and they're both phenomenal! Do give them a try.

answered Apr 27 '11 at 20:26

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 08 '11 at 15:02

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You could try Waldo.

answered Oct 08 '11 at 15:02

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Wow, this looks very promising! Can we hope for the replace functionality as well? – mxgrn Nov 28 '11 at 12:25
Ask for this feature request on github. But i think that is not the project intention. – ppcano Nov 28 '11 at 15:31

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 29 '11 at 07:16

If you like fuzzyfinder.vim you might want to have a look at Command-T as well.

The Command-T plug-in provides an extremely fast, intuitive mechanism for opening files and buffers with a minimal number of keystrokes. It's named "Command-T" because it is inspired by the "Go to File" window bound to Command-T in TextMate.

Here you can view some screencasts with demos of the plugin.

Is there an Vim/MacVim equivalent for TextMate's Find in Project?

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