View vim variables with names matching pattern (i.e. show variables with name containing “airline”)











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I can see a plugin's configurable variables by running



:let


But, as more are installed, this gets tedious. And they aren't alphabetically sorted.



I can of course go through the plugin's documentation.



In vim, is there a way to see all variables with names matching a pattern? Like, what if I want to see all variables containing airline? Not just ones starting with airline, but also ones with prefixes like b:airline_whitespace_check?



Regardless of if there's way built into vim to do this, is there a way to pipe the contents of :let through grep through a subshell? So something like this could be done:



<magic that echos :let to subshell> | grep airline | sort









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    I can see a plugin's configurable variables by running



    :let


    But, as more are installed, this gets tedious. And they aren't alphabetically sorted.



    I can of course go through the plugin's documentation.



    In vim, is there a way to see all variables with names matching a pattern? Like, what if I want to see all variables containing airline? Not just ones starting with airline, but also ones with prefixes like b:airline_whitespace_check?



    Regardless of if there's way built into vim to do this, is there a way to pipe the contents of :let through grep through a subshell? So something like this could be done:



    <magic that echos :let to subshell> | grep airline | sort









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      favorite









      up vote
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      down vote

      favorite











      I can see a plugin's configurable variables by running



      :let


      But, as more are installed, this gets tedious. And they aren't alphabetically sorted.



      I can of course go through the plugin's documentation.



      In vim, is there a way to see all variables with names matching a pattern? Like, what if I want to see all variables containing airline? Not just ones starting with airline, but also ones with prefixes like b:airline_whitespace_check?



      Regardless of if there's way built into vim to do this, is there a way to pipe the contents of :let through grep through a subshell? So something like this could be done:



      <magic that echos :let to subshell> | grep airline | sort









      share|improve this question













      I can see a plugin's configurable variables by running



      :let


      But, as more are installed, this gets tedious. And they aren't alphabetically sorted.



      I can of course go through the plugin's documentation.



      In vim, is there a way to see all variables with names matching a pattern? Like, what if I want to see all variables containing airline? Not just ones starting with airline, but also ones with prefixes like b:airline_whitespace_check?



      Regardless of if there's way built into vim to do this, is there a way to pipe the contents of :let through grep through a subshell? So something like this could be done:



      <magic that echos :let to subshell> | grep airline | sort






      vim vim-plugin






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          You could simply use command-line completion:



          :let qf<C-d>
          qf_mapping_ack_style qf_mapping_filegroup_next
          qf_mapping_filegroup_previous qf_statusline


          Note that :let won't show you all plugin variables. It only shows those that are defined in the current context.





          The "new" :help :filter command sadly doesn't work on :let so it's useless here.





          Another way:



          :redir @a
          :let
          :redir END
          :vnew
          @ap
          :v/qf/d





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            :filter works on :let if Vim includes the patch 8.1.0495.
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            Nov 16 at 14:30











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          up vote
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          down vote



          accepted










          You could simply use command-line completion:



          :let qf<C-d>
          qf_mapping_ack_style qf_mapping_filegroup_next
          qf_mapping_filegroup_previous qf_statusline


          Note that :let won't show you all plugin variables. It only shows those that are defined in the current context.





          The "new" :help :filter command sadly doesn't work on :let so it's useless here.





          Another way:



          :redir @a
          :let
          :redir END
          :vnew
          @ap
          :v/qf/d





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            :filter works on :let if Vim includes the patch 8.1.0495.
            – user938271
            Nov 16 at 14:30















          up vote
          5
          down vote



          accepted










          You could simply use command-line completion:



          :let qf<C-d>
          qf_mapping_ack_style qf_mapping_filegroup_next
          qf_mapping_filegroup_previous qf_statusline


          Note that :let won't show you all plugin variables. It only shows those that are defined in the current context.





          The "new" :help :filter command sadly doesn't work on :let so it's useless here.





          Another way:



          :redir @a
          :let
          :redir END
          :vnew
          @ap
          :v/qf/d





          share|improve this answer

















          • 1




            :filter works on :let if Vim includes the patch 8.1.0495.
            – user938271
            Nov 16 at 14:30













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          up vote
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          You could simply use command-line completion:



          :let qf<C-d>
          qf_mapping_ack_style qf_mapping_filegroup_next
          qf_mapping_filegroup_previous qf_statusline


          Note that :let won't show you all plugin variables. It only shows those that are defined in the current context.





          The "new" :help :filter command sadly doesn't work on :let so it's useless here.





          Another way:



          :redir @a
          :let
          :redir END
          :vnew
          @ap
          :v/qf/d





          share|improve this answer












          You could simply use command-line completion:



          :let qf<C-d>
          qf_mapping_ack_style qf_mapping_filegroup_next
          qf_mapping_filegroup_previous qf_statusline


          Note that :let won't show you all plugin variables. It only shows those that are defined in the current context.





          The "new" :help :filter command sadly doesn't work on :let so it's useless here.





          Another way:



          :redir @a
          :let
          :redir END
          :vnew
          @ap
          :v/qf/d






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