Jump between all the matchadd matches for a group?

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One can use the matchadd function to add to groups of matches that will be highlighted in the VIM editor.

But how does one jump between the matches within a specific group?

asked Mar 28, 2021 at 17:29

leeand00

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You might be able to work with getmatches, but since matchadd takes a pattern I would either /pattern or :vimgrep /pattern/ %
– D. Ben Knoble ♦
Mar 28, 2021 at 19:07
What are you trying to do? If you are trying to use syntax highlighting as a way to move in your buffer, Ben's comment is probably right: using the search of a grep command is easier. But if you are trying to do clever stuff with your syntax highlighting maybe :h getmatches() could be useful: it returns the matches you added with matchadd() so maybe you can use this command to get the patterns and then use these patterns in a search.
– statox
Mar 29, 2021 at 16:08
@statox I'm trying to highlight things in a log file and jump to them, but maybe in different colors...I know you can use different groups to highlight different colors.
– leeand00
Mar 29, 2021 at 17:05

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