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The biggest advantage of an IDE for me, in any language, is the ability to rename/move/refactor things across multiple files in a project correctly. I feel notably less capable in this regard when using Vim versus a "full" IDE, no matter what the context or project.

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Yeah, this exact flow was a pain for me in switching from vscode to vim full time.

My flow now is to search for a bunch of instances using the fzf plugin (https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim) and open them into the quickfix list, then do something like

    :%s/old/new/gce | :w | :bnext

Is fzf buying you anything over just using :grep? (If speed is the issue, the magic words are `set grepprg='rg --vimgrep'`, after which it's actually usable.)

I've never really explored the native grep functionality, so its possible I'm missing something.

The two features I really like about fzf are

1.) the preview window (visible here https://github.com/junegunn/fzf)

2.) Fuzzy finding/multi-selection/gradual refinement of search terms

Nope, you're not missing anything, then. Maybe I am -- I use the fzf plugin, but only for finding files. Is this (build_quickfix_list) what you're using? https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/blob/master/README-VIM.md#ex...

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