I am new to vim, and still exploring some features of it. I have a problem with vimgrep. I can search for a pattern like this vimgrep /define/ ** so that it finds and opens next file that contains a define. But I couldn't yet find out how to go to the next file/line that matches my pattern. Any pointers?
Useful commands for the quickfix list (brackets around omittable part of the commands):
:cn[ext] and :cp[revious] jump to next and previous entry:cnf[ile] and :cpf[ile] jump to next and previous file (if the quickfix list is not sorted by file you could write a function that getqflist(), performs a sort and then setqflist():cr[ewind] and :cla[st] go to beginning or end of the quickfix list:col[der] and :cnew[er] will iterate through historical quickfix lists.Needless to say there are plenty of other commands and you can discover them at :help quickfix.
Personally I have the following maps :
| ø | SHIFT | CTRL
------+--------+---------+---------
<F11> | :cprev | :cpfile | :colder
<F12> | :cnext | :cnfile | :cnewer
Of course if you use the location list instead of the quickfix list (:lvimgrep) the same commands exist, just replace the initial c with an l and that's it.
Vim 8 Additions:
:cdo : perform a command on all entries of quickfix list. For example:vim /foo/ *.cpp *.h *.hpp can be followed by:cdo s/pattern/replacement/g:cfdo: perform a command an all files in quickfix list. For example,:vim /foo/ *.cpp *.h *.hpp can be followed by:cfdo %s/2ndpattern/2ndreplacement/g