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