From 77a792caa943495a31bef6eeb85fb72bd0af1f88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Rahm <rahm@google.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:03:55 +0000
Subject: New g/ command which searches within a text object.

This is very useful for constraining searches to certain scopes such as
searching for a variable within a function or body of code.
---
 plugin/gsearch.vim | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 plugin/gsearch.vim

(limited to 'plugin')

diff --git a/plugin/gsearch.vim b/plugin/gsearch.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc820e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/gsearch.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+" Search within a text object. Useful for finding variables scoped to a loop or
+" a function or something.
+
+function! s:search_within(t)
+  if a:t == "char"
+    let vtype = 'v'
+  elseif a:t == "block"
+    let vtype = ''
+  else
+    let vtype = 'V'
+  endif
+
+
+  call feedkeys('`[' .. vtype .. '`]/\%V', 'n')
+endfunction
+
+" g/ followed by a text object will start a search, but limit it to the lines
+noremap <silent> g/ <cmd>set operatorfunc=<sid>search_within<cr>g@
+vnoremap <silent> g/ <esc>/\%V
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