> > I switched from TextWrangler to MacVim and so it's going ok, but I
> > miss the ability to search multiple files simultaneously, is there any
> > way to do this in MacVim?

I use the Grep.vim plugin.  It helps you search within subdirectories, and
displays nice search results that you can easily jump to.
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=311

You install the plugin, then, when you want to search for something, you
type

:Rgrep

There's a bazillion different commands you can use.  Give it a try.
Regarding your "open in different windows" question, you can place the
cursor on a search result, then
press gF (I think) and it will open in a new window.  See :help gf for ways
to open a file.

One thing I would note is that on a Mac, I have these settings:

" Tell Rgrep not to use Xargs on Mac OS 'cause it sucks.
" Previously used has("mac"), except this doesn't work in 
" a terminal, and fubars the grep.vim plugin
let s:os = system("uname")
if s:os =~ "Darwin"
    let g:Grep_Xargs_Options='-0'
endif




--Nate

Israel-25 wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Björn,
> 
> Thanks for the info, I'll look into that.
> 
> Israel
> 
> On Oct 26, 4:55 pm, "björn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi Israel,
>>
>> 2008/10/26 Israel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>
>>
>>
>> > I switched from TextWrangler to MacVim and so it's going ok, but I
>> > miss the ability to search multiple files simultaneously, is there any
>> > way to do this in MacVim?
>>
>> > TextWrangel shows the results in a two sections window, with the file
>> > names in one and the contents of the selected file in the other, there
>> > is the option to open the file in a new window also.
>>
>> I'm sure you'll get more answers if you post this question on the
>> vim_use mailing list, but I can at least tell you how I search through
>> multiple files (although I'm no expert at these things).
>>
>> I use the :vimgrep command, so if I want to search through all c-files
>> for "hello world" I do something like:
>>
>> :vimgrep /hello world/ *.c
>>
>> That will set the quickfix list and you can step through all matches
>> with :cn and :cp.  You can see all the matches in a new window by
>> typing :cw and then you can also hit enter on a line to open the file
>> where that match was.  Read all about it by typing
>>
>> :h quickfix
>>
>> Björn
> > 
> 
> 

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