The builtin grep command allows searching for a pattern through given files
and directories, but creates a buffer listing all the matched lines. Having
a buffer created and stay in the buffers list after the results are not
needed anymore is not always desirable, and interacting with a buffer to
open another one feels wonky at times.
This script provides with the same functionalities as the builtin grep
command, except it displays matches in an interactive menu instead of a buffer.
The grepmenu command takes a pattern that will be searched for in the
current working directory, and the resulting matches will be displayed in
a menu. Selecting a candidate from that menu will open the buffer, and set
the main selection’s coordinates to that of the match automatically.
Additional parameters are optional.
All parameters are forwarded directly to the command stored in grepmenucmd.
Default: ag --all-text --vimgrep.
String holding the command to which the grepmenu command’s parameters will
be forwarded. The command should expect to receive a search pattern followed
by optional arbitrary parameters as arguments.
The output of the command should be in the following format:
<filename>:<line>:<column>:<match>