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I'm using the vimwiki plugin and trying to figure out tagging with vimwiki-syntax-tags.

I can add a tag :tag-example: to a vimwiki .wiki file.

I can search :VimwikiSearchTags tag-example and it will find the tag properly.

If there are two instances of this tag, the search returns the first instance and displays (1 of 2): :tag-example:

Does anyone know how to go to the next tag instance found by the search?

Any other suggestions related to tagging / vimwiki would be appreciated as well.

Thanks

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The results from :VimwikiSearchTags are populated in the location-list window, so you can navigate using :lnext and :lprevious, or you can check all the results using :lopen.

To be honest, despite I have been using Vimwiki for several years, I didn't know about the tags. Maybe it is because my wikis are not that large (~2 MB at most), but I find it easier to simple :grep (or :Ack) everything, which is quite fast, instead of writing the tags in advance.

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  • Be warned that the first time using VimwikiSearchTags may take a long while. I have been using Vimwiki since 2014, and have just discovered the tag syntax :) Sorting through my 2K+ notes should take a good number of minutes.
    – llinfeng
    Jan 14, 2019 at 16:07
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Just a quick test on :VimwikiSearchTags vs Ripgrep

FTW - I'm going to stick with https://github.com/jremmen/vim-ripgrep

:Rg -i :tag-example
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    Tony, I've taken the liberty of editing your post with code-formatting and a slight capitalization. Your post would really benefit, however, from more details explaining what's going on
    – D. Ben Knoble ♦
    Jan 11, 2020 at 16:27
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After searching with :VimwikiSearchTags, use :lopen. This will open a Vim 'split'.

After selecting the note you want in the split, you can close the split created with :lopen by pressing ctrl+o.

If you decide to leave the split open so you can move between notes, you can navigate splits using ctrl+w then h, j, k, or l

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  • This is pretty well covered in the accepted answer...
    – D. Ben Knoble ♦
    Apr 17, 2020 at 18:11
  • I actually learned about :lopen from the accepted answer about a year ago. At the time, it took me about an hour to find that the weird thing it did to my screen was called a split. I remember looking at the other answers for a clue about what type of object :lopen is and how to work with it. If my 20 second post saves at least one person an hour of searching, I'll consider that a victory
    – Keith Lyons
    Apr 18, 2020 at 8:29
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    fair enough... perhaps 1-year-ago you would be glad to learn about the :help command (:help :lopen, for example)
    – D. Ben Knoble ♦
    Apr 18, 2020 at 12:55
  • Your point is well taken, and I agree - man pages are wonderful things, and folks should be encouraged to use them. In fact, I did know to use :help :lopen at the time - as a novice, the results were overwhelming.
    – Keith Lyons
    Apr 18, 2020 at 22:41

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