Question 1

How do I set up scooter to work with Neovim?

Accepted Answer

You need to add a specific TOML config for editor_open.command and integrate Lua code from the README into your Neovim config, using plugins like snacks.nvim or ToggleTerm to manage the terminal window. This allows opening files from scooter directly in Neovim with the 'e' key.

Question 2

Is scooter faster than using ripgrep and sd together?

Accepted Answer

Benchmarks in the README show scooter in --no-tui mode is slightly faster (4.491s mean) than ripgrep+sd (4.894s mean) on the Linux kernel test, but the interactive TUI adds overhead. For pure speed, --no-tui is competitive, but the TUI trades some performance for safety.

Question 3

Can scooter handle multiline search and replace?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you can enable multiline mode by launching with the -U flag or pressing alt-m in the TUI. This allows regex patterns to match across line boundaries, though it may impact performance on large files.

Question 4

How do I change the syntax highlighting theme in scooter?

Accepted Answer

Edit the syntax_highlighting_theme setting in the TOML config file; built-in options include 'Solarized (dark)' and 'base16-eighties.dark', or add custom .tmTheme files to the themes directory in your scooter config folder.

Question 5

scooter or fastmod for batch replacements?

Accepted Answer

Use fastmod for fully automated, non-interactive batch jobs as it's slightly faster in benchmarks and designed for scripting. Choose scooter if you need visual preview and selective toggling, even in --no-tui mode, which is almost as fast but adds safety checks.

Question 6

What happens if a file changes while I'm replacing in scooter?

Accepted Answer

scooter detects changes: if a line no longer matches when you apply replacements, it skips that instance and shows a summary of skipped cases at the end, preventing accidental overwrites of modified content.

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