> ⚠️ **Deprecated** > This plugin is no longer necessary since the main functionality is now built into vim/neovim > > See: > - https://medium.com/@haya14busa/incsearch-vim-is-dead-long-live-incsearch-2b7070d55250 > - https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/2198 > - Successor plugin: https://github.com/haya14busa/is.vim  [](https://travis-ci.org/haya14busa/incsearch.vim) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/haya14busa/incsearch-vim/branch/master) [](https://github.com/haya14busa/incsearch.vim/releases) [](https://github.com/haya14busa/incsearch.vim/issues) [](LICENSE) [](doc/incsearch.txt)  Introduction ------------ incsearch.vim incrementally highlights __ALL__ pattern matches unlike default 'incsearch'. Concepts -------- ### 1. Simple incsearch.vim provides simple improved incremental searching. ### 2. Comfortable You can use it comfortably like the default search(`/`, `?`). It supports all modes (normal, visual, operator-pending mode), dot-repeat `.`, `{offset}` flags, and so on. ### 3. Useful incsearch.vim aims to be simple, but at the same time, it offers useful features. #### Incremental regular expression editing You can see all patterns that the given regular expression matches all at once while incremental searching. Usage ----- ### Installation [Neobundle](https://github.com/Shougo/neobundle.vim) / [Vundle](https://github.com/gmarik/Vundle.vim) / [vim-plug](https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug) ```vim NeoBundle 'haya14busa/incsearch.vim' Plugin 'haya14busa/incsearch.vim' Plug 'haya14busa/incsearch.vim' ``` [pathogen](https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen) ``` git clone https://github.com/haya14busa/incsearch.vim ~/.vim/bundle/incsearch.vim ``` ### Basic usage ```vim map / <Plug>(incsearch-forward) map ? <Plug>(incsearch-backward) map g/ <Plug>(incsearch-stay) ``` `<Plug>(incsearch-stay)` doesn't move the cursor. ### Additional usages README introduces some features, but please see [:h incsearch.vim](doc/incsearch.txt) for more information. #### Automatic :nohlsearch  Farewell, `nnoremap <Esc><Esc> :<C-u>nohlsearch<CR>`! This feature turns 'hlsearch' off automatically after searching-related motions. ```vim " :h g:incsearch#auto_nohlsearch set hlsearch let g:incsearch#auto_nohlsearch = 1 map n <Plug>(incsearch-nohl-n) map N <Plug>(incsearch-nohl-N) map * <Plug>(incsearch-nohl-*) map # <Plug>(incsearch-nohl-#) map g* <Plug>(incsearch-nohl-g*) map g# <Plug>(incsearch-nohl-g#) ``` ### Emacs-like incsearch: move the cursor while incremental searching  Move the cursor to next/previous matches while incremental searching like Emacs. | Mapping | description | | ------------------------ | --------------------------------- | | `<Over>(incsearch-next)` | to next match. default: `<Tab>` | | `<Over>(incsearch-prev)` | to prev match. default: `<S-Tab>` | ### Scroll-like feature while incremental searching  | Mapping | description | | ------------------------ | --------------------------------- | | `<Over>(incsearch-scroll-f)` | scroll to the next page match. default: `<C-j>` | | `<Over>(incsearch-scroll-b)` | scroll to the previous page match. default: `<C-k>` | :tada: Version 2.0 :tada: ------------------------- Now, incsearch.vim provides some (experimental) API. You can implement or use very useful yet another search command :mag_right: ### Experimental API - `:h incsearch#go()` - `:h incsearch-config` Starts incsearch.vim with your custom configuration. See help docs for more detail. ### Converter feature - `:h incsearch-config-converters` - The list of converter extensions: https://github.com/haya14busa/incsearch.vim/wiki/List-of-plugins-for-incsearch.vim#converter-extensions #### Example ```vim function! s:noregexp(pattern) abort return '\V' . escape(a:pattern, '\') endfunction function! s:config() abort return {'converters': [function('s:noregexp')]} endfunction noremap <silent><expr> z/ incsearch#go(<SID>config()) ``` incsearch.vim x fuzzy https://github.com/haya14busa/incsearch-fuzzy.vim  ### Module extension - `:h incsearch-config-modules` - The list of module extentions: https://github.com/haya14busa/incsearch.vim/wiki/List-of-plugins-for-incsearch.vim#module-extensions incsearch.vim x fuzzy x vim-easymotion https://github.com/haya14busa/incsearch-easymotion.vim  Author ------ haya14busa (https://github.com/haya14busa) Special thanks -------------- osyo-manga(https://github.com/osyo-manga), the author of the custom command line library, https://github.com/osyo-manga/vital-over, which incsearch.vim heavily depends on. Links ----- ### VimConf2014 - [/-improved](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ie2VCSt9onXmoY3v_zxJdMjYJSbAelVR-QExdUQK-Tw/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.g4e7add63c_05) at [VimConf 2014](http://vimconf.vim-jp.org/2014/) - I talked in Japanese but wrote slide in English ;) Document -------- [:h incsearch.vim](doc/incsearch.txt)