How do I write a vim function that calls VimGrep?

Question

I want to write a function myFunc such that:

myFunc /function foo/

becomes

:vimgrep /function foo/ **/*.cpp **/*.hpp

and

myFunc /class bar: public/

becomes

vimgrep /class bar: public/ **/*.cpp **/*.hpp

how do I do this?

Thanks!

Wow, thanks for pointing my nose to vimgrep. That sounds very useful. Loving vim, you learn something new even after 10+ years of usage. — jhwist, Feb 03 '10 at 09:51

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 03 '10 at 09:40

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:command -nargs=1 MyFunc vimgrep <args> **/*.cpp **/*.hpp

:MyFunc /Hello world/

answered Feb 03 '10 at 09:40

Mykola Golubyev

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Why is this -nargs=1 and not -nargs=+ ? – anon Feb 03 '10 at 09:44
Because you need only one argument and it is a regexp. – Mykola Golubyev Feb 03 '10 at 10:23

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 15 '10 at 04:04

You might want to checkout a plugin I wrote called EasyGrep. It has builtin support for this when you use tracked mode. What you can do is place your cursor over a word (or visually select some text) and type <leader>vv and it will search all of *.cpp *.hpp *.cxx *.hxx *.cc *.c *.h for the pattern. Once you get used to typing <leader>vv it is significantly faster than typing :Command /Pattern/.

How do I write a vim function that calls VimGrep?

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