msearch.vim

msearch.vim enables user to highlight multiple search patterns. It's useful for code tracing for source code with very long variable names. msearch.vim is highly inspired by the vim-mark plugin but is developed with a dedicated workflow bared in mind:

The mappings /, ?, n, N, * should work as in vanilla vim.
Extend / and ? maintaing a list of searched patterns.
Extend n and N with an extra mode to jump on multiple searched patterns.
Extend * with an extra mode to highlight multiple searched patterns.

The result is a more compact but easy-to-use user interface (possibly missing some functionalities in vim-mark which doesn't involve the aforementioned workflow). msearch.vim provides no default mapping, users can map all plugin mappings to suit their work-flow need. A suggested mapping is as follows:

" Mapping 8 might be controversial. But it's unlikely that you would use
" it as |count|. To goto a line, instead of 8|G|, you can do :8 instead.
nmap 8 <Plug>MSToggleAddCword
nmap * <Plug>MSExclusiveAddCword
vmap 8 <Plug>MSToggleAddVisual
vmap * <Plug>MSExclusiveAddVisual
nmap <leader>/ <Plug>MSClear

" If you don't mind remember two mappings for two searching modes...
nmap n <Plug>MSCurNext
nmap N <Plug>MSCurPrev
nmap <leader>n <Plug>MSAllNext
nmap <leader>N <Plug>MSAllPrev

" Otherwise, you might like the following setting which toggles the two
" searching modes with a single mapping.
nmap n <Plug>MSNext
nmap N <Plug>MSPrev
nmap <leader>n <Plug>MSToggleJump

nmap / <Plug>MSAddBySearchForward
nmap ? <Plug>MSAddBySearchBackward

Integration with vim-visual-multi

This plugin can be integrated with vim-visual-multi to add multiple cursor on the highlighted patterns:

function! s:SelectAllMark()
    call feedkeys("\<Plug>(VM-Start-Regex-Search)".join(msearch#joint_pattern())."\<cr>")
    call feedkeys("\<Plug>(VM-Select-All)")
endfunction
nmap <leader>r :call <sid>SelectAllMark()<cr>

Installation

Using vim-plug

Plug 'ipod825/msearch.vim'

vim-mark

ipod825/msearch.vim

msearch.vim

Integration with vim-visual-multi

Installation

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