Among the things that I dropped when I moved to Helm,
Swiper was one of the first ones to go.
Actually, the built-in Isearch replaced Swiper first. Then I found out about
CTRLF, and now I have the best of both
worlds: I can use CTRLF for no-fuss searches and I can rely on helm-occur for
a Swiper-like feeling.
However, I often find myself with two buffers in the same window, and sometimes
I want to restrict my searches to just those two buffers. CTRLF and helm-occur
are not suitable for this task, because they both work on a single buffer. And
mu-helm-rg is way
too much for this, because it is best used in specific directories or
project-wise.
Luckily enough, Thierry Volpiatto has recently introduced
helm-occur-visible-buffers in Helm. Like the name says, this command runs
helm-occur on all visible buffers. The results are grouped by buffer, making
them really easy and clear to navigate. When run in one buffer,
helm-occur-visible-buffers behaves just like helm-occur, so if you have a
key binding for the latter you can safely point it to the former and retain the
functionality you were accustomed to.
I don’t know if my use-case is a niche one, but it’s good to know Helm got me covered once again.