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created June 15, 2005 · complexity basic · author Bill Weir · version 5.7

When editing multiple files I like to have a search operation that behaves a bit like "/*" in less (to search multiple buffers looking for the next match). The Nextmatch function (below) does this, although it doesn't behave quite as I would like.

function! Nextmatch()
  let v:errmsg = "X"
  let s:x = bufnr("%")
  while v:errmsg != ""
    bnext
    if bufnr("%") == s:x
      break
    endif
    1
    let v:errmsg = ""
    silent! /
  endwhile
endfunction

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It has been suggested that this tip should be deleted, mainly because it doesn't function totally satisfactorily, and the script mentioned below is superior.

The decision was to keep the tip for now, and to think about it again. Please add any comments here (or just improve the tip). Let's think again whether to delete it in August 2008. --JohnBeckett 12:46, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

script#1062 does the same thing but better.

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 |id=950
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-|title=search multiple buffers for next match
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+|created=June 15, 2005
 |complexity=basic
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-When editing multiple files I like to have a search operation that behaves a bit like "/*" in less (to search multiple buffers looking for the next match). The Nextmatch function (below) does this, although it doesn't behave quite as I would like. I'm kind of hoping somebody will tell me a better way of doing this ...
- function! Nextmatch()
- let v:errmsg = "X"
- let s:x = bufnr("%")
- while v:errmsg != ""
- bnext
- if bufnr("%") == s:x
- break
- endif
- let v:errmsg = ""
- silent! /
- endwhile
- endfunction
-And on a related note, can anyone tell me why this bufdo command doesn't work properly (to show all matching lines in all buffers):
- bufdo g/pattern/p
-It always seems to miss a few lines.
 }}
+When editing multiple files I like to have a search operation that behaves a bit like "/*" in less (to search multiple buffers looking for the next match). The Nextmatch function (below) does this, although it doesn't behave quite as I would like.
+<pre>
-== Comments ==
+function! Nextmatch()
-You ought to ask this type of question on the mailing list, not submit it as a tip (yet).
+  let v:errmsg = "X"
+  let s:x = bufnr("%")
+  while v:errmsg != ""
+    bnext
+    if bufnr("%") == s:x
+      break
+    endif
+    let v:errmsg = ""
+    silent! /
+  endwhile
+endfunction
+</pre>
+==Comments==
-'''Anonymous'''
+{{Todo}}
-, June 15, 2005 9:03
+It has been suggested that [[Category_talk:Candidates_for_deletion/Archive4#Tip 950 Search multiple buffers for next match|this tip should be deleted]], mainly because it doesn't function totally satisfactorily, and the script mentioned below is superior.
-----
-This website should make it more obvious that there are forum (forii?) when tips/scripts can be perfected.
+The decision was to keep the tip for now, and to think about it again. Please add any comments here (or just improve the tip). Let's think again whether to delete it in August 2008. --[[User:JohnBeckett|JohnBeckett]] 12:46, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
-http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.editors
-and also a Vim specific Website at Yahoo
-http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vim/
-anony--AT--mous.com
-, June 17, 2005 7:42
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+{{script|id=1062}} does the same thing but better.
-Take a look at the :BufGrep command in the greputils.vim plugin (script 1062) for a similar functionality but better navigability.
-hari_vim at yahoo dot com
-, June 17, 2005 14:42
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-Thanks Hari, that's just the kind of thing I was looking for.
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-Bill
-Bill Weir
-, June 20, 2005 2:24
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