grep_open_files and search_dirs

[linusboehm]

Hi,

I'm trying to switch from telescope to fzf-lua, but I can't figure out how to achieve a similar behavior for the grep_open_files (to search a string in all open buffers) and the search_dirs (to provide a list of directories to search in) options.

Would appreciate some help on how to replicate these two functionalities.

[ibhagwan]

Use search paths:

-- When using the vimL command do not use (or escape) spaces in the args
:FzfLua live_grep search_paths={"~/.local/share/nvim","~/.config/nvim"}
-- Or
:lua require("fzf-lua").live_grep({
    -- Paths can be either file or directory
    search_paths = { "~/.config/nvim/init.lua", "~/.local/share/nvim/lazy" }
})

[linusboehm]

great, thanks for the help! I must have missed this in the docs.
How about the grep_open_files option. Is there a good way to replicate his with fzf-lua?

[linusboehm]

got it to work by just providing the currently open buffers to search_paths. Thanks for the help!

[ibhagwan]

You also have the option of sending interested files to quickfix and then grep_quickfix.