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

Inspiration

• vim-over
• incsearch.vim
• inccommand
• nvim-incnormal