Ag.vim: Use word under the cursor as *part* of a search pattern?

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Using the Ag.vim plugin you can easily search for the word under the cursor by calling `:Ag` without any arguments, but how can I include the word under the cursor as part of a search pattern? I'm trying to add a bit to my vimrc to search for method definitions in Ruby files. Something like: ``` autocmd FileType ruby noremap K :Ag! "\bdef

\b" ``` It doesn't recognize the `

`. Also, I've tried both `\b` and `\<`, `\>` as word boundaries. Ag uses `\b` outside the context of Vim, but I know it translates `\<` and `\>` to `\b` in some contexts (not sure about this context though).

Accepted Answer

I usually use one trick, just press `*` on you current word and then use `:AgFromSearch`, you could specify concrete path e.g `:AgFromSearch /any/path/` If you really want to do word as part of your search pattern, you can use `` (current word) ``` nmap

:Ag "def " /any/path/ ```

Ag.vim: Use word under the cursor as part of a search pattern?

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