Is it possible to display result of Rg into quick fix window?

Question

When i am searching :Rg <string> , it is opening the result in FZF buffer. Often the filenames are not displayed fully in it. Also the once escaped the results are gone. I have to do research if need to check the same word again.

but :vim /pattern/g **/* opens the result in quickfix. Is there any way to open Rg result in quickfix window? How to display the full file name in Rg buffer?

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 24 '21 at 13:48

I have my :Rg results open in a popover and that allows me to cycle through the results using <Ctrl>j and <Ctrl>k.

That is an individual selection though so if you want to save your results to a quick fix list, start by <Tab> and you will noticed a red indicator show up next to the name. Once you press enter everything with the indicator will be placed in the quick fix list.

I also wanted to mention my function for Rg

" Ripgrep advanced
function! RipgrepFzf(query, fullscreen)
  let command_fmt = 'rg --column --line-number --no-heading --color=always --smart-case %s || true'
  let initial_command = printf(command_fmt, shellescape(a:query))
  let reload_command = printf(command_fmt, '{q}')
  let spec = {'options': ['--phony', '--query', a:query, '--bind', 'change:reload:'.reload_command]}
  call fzf#vim#grep(initial_command, 1, fzf#vim#with_preview(spec), a:fullscreen)
endfunction

command! -nargs=* -bang RG call RipgrepFzf(<q-args>, <bang>0)

And I also wanted to add some shortcuts for quickfix list so that you can cycle through them easily:

map <leader>cc :botright cope<cr>
map <leader>co ggVGy:tabnew<cr>:set syntax=qf<cr>pgg
" Next item on list
map <leader>n :cn<cr>
" Previous item on list
map <leader>p :cp<cr>

The to select results from Rg to be put in quick-fix windows is a breeze! — Mapad, Jun 23 '23 at 09:52
Is there a way to save **all** results from `Rg` to the quickfix list? — fanaugen, Jul 12 '23 at 16:13

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 27 '20 at 11:08

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You can tell Vim what external command to use for :help :grep with :help 'grepprg'.

answered Oct 27 '20 at 11:08

romainl

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There is a confusion in adding grepprg. Whether this use Rg only for :grep command or also for :vimgrep command. – Samselvaprabu Oct 28 '20 at 10:18
Only `:grep` is concerned by `:help 'grepprg'` but both `:help :grep` and `:help :vimgrep` have the exact same relationship with the quickfix list. – romainl Oct 28 '20 at 15:43
I don't understand this answer! – Riza Khan Jul 24 '21 at 02:07
@RizaKhan what, specifically, do you not understand? – romainl Jul 24 '21 at 05:48
Nevermind I figured it out. I'll post an answer – Riza Khan Jul 24 '21 at 13:36
@RizaKhan what was the answer? I have a very similar problem (I’d like to use FZF for search, but also be able to populate the quickfix list with the results) – fanaugen Jul 12 '23 at 16:08

Is it possible to display result of Rg into quick fix window?

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