On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 11:59:59AM -0500, Jean-Rene David wrote:
> * Meino Christian Cramer [2006.11.23 02:45]:
> > I want to search a longer string totally
> > literally...regexp totally switched of, no
> > exceptions.
>
> function! LiteralSearch(string) range
> let l:pattern = escape(a:string, '\\/.*$^~[]')
> let @/ = l:pattern
> normal n
> endfunction
>
> :command -nargs=1 LS call LiteralSearch (<f-args>)
>
> Then:
>
> :LS .*$
>
> Will match one time in this message, in the
> function code above instead of matching every
> line.
>
> Map as desired.
Another option is
/\V<pat>
For example,
/\V.*$^~[]
works on this e-mail. This is not so effective as the solution above:
you still have to escape / (if you start the search with it) and \ .
:help /\V
HTH --Benji Fisher
