I'm a fan of Andy Lester's App::Ack module. This a is a perl program that you can use as a replacement of grep.
Today I wrote a little Vim plugin that integrate ack with Vim. This is a quick hack, it works for me with vim7/ubuntu and vim6.3/fedora.
Just copy/paste the following lines in ~/.vim/plugin/ack.vim
" usage:
" (the same as ack, except that the path is required)
" examples:
" :Ack TODO .
" :Ack sub Util.pm
function! Ack(args)
let cmd = "ack -H --nocolor --nogroup " . a:args
echo "running: " . cmd
let tmpfile = tempname()
let cmd = cmd . " > " . tmpfile
call system(cmd)
let efm_bak = &efm
set efm=%f:%l:%m
execute "silent! cgetfile " . tmpfile
let &efm = efm_bak
botright copen
call delete(tmpfile)
endfunction
command! -nargs=* -complete=file Ack call Ack()
UPDATE:
ack-1.60 is out, and the documentation mentions another way to integrate ack and vim by using the :grep function of vim:
set grepprg=ack
I think this is a better solution, and to make it nicely integrated with
vim, I wrote this new little function:
function! Ack(args)
let grepprg_bak=&grepprg
set grepprg=ack\ -H\ --nocolor\ --nogroup
execute "silent! grep " . a:args
botright copen
let &grepprg=grepprg_bak
endfunction
command! -nargs=* -complete=file Ack call Ack()
Just replace the old code by the new one in ~/.vim/plugin/ack.vim
This time it works even if you don't specify the path, and you can still use the :grep function as before, grepprg is saved and restored.
And as Yann says, "then :cnext is your friend"
