From 9cd1b374751cb82b8be2447ed03687a030028e00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Hodgson <git@jonathanh.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2020 18:06:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] VIM: Adds bindings to default to "very magic" searching
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By default, vim's reg-ex matching is weird. For example:

> * is special when not escaped but…
> + is special when escaped
> \{x,y} (escaping only the opening bracket) works but…
> You have to use \( \) (escape both parens)
> [] is special when both are unescaped

Source: https://wincent.com/wiki/Vim_regexes

For more details, check out Greg Hurrell's screencast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjOcINs6QWs
---
 nvim/.config/nvim/plugin/mappings.vim | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/plugin/mappings.vim b/nvim/.config/nvim/plugin/mappings.vim
index 1aba94b0..c4e79ba8 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/plugin/mappings.vim
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/plugin/mappings.vim
@@ -67,3 +67,7 @@ nnoremap <leader>cL :w! \| !compiler <c-r>% letter<CR>
 " Opens the compiled documents
 " If something like html, it doesn't need to be compiled first
 nnoremap <leader>co :!opout <c-r>%<CR><CR>
+
+" Makes vim default to "very magic" searching
+nnoremap / /\v
+vnoremap / /\v