Sneaky pattern searches

[cuviper]

Would it be possible to add a sneak mode for regular /{pattern} searches?

I just started using vim-sneak, and I'm already very happy to have this replacing the normal f and t movements for single-char searches. But now I feel there is a gap when I need to use a pattern search, and hlsearch and the jump list don't work the same way. If I could sneak through those search results too, I think that consistency would be very nice.

I'm not sure if I would commit fully to remapping this. Sometimes it is nice to have hlsearch shown, which is why I enable it at all, but often I only want to get to the right location and clear the highlight. So I think at first what I would want is to map something like g/ to a sneaky search, leaving regular / alone. This would use its own highlight instead of hlsearch, and jump with SneakNext and SneakPrevious. Bonus if it can still use incsearch as the pattern is being typed.

Thoughts?

[justinmk]

The intended theme of sneak.vim (and any of my plugins in general) is not to replace any part of Vim but to complement it or fill a real gap.

/ with incsearch serves its purpose very well, and wrapping it with sneak's behavior IMO is a mistake. In particular, label-mode ("streak" mode) don't make sense with incsearch: if you're entering a pattern, the keystrokes saved by on-screen matches are negligible at that point.

https://github.com/easymotion/vim-easymotion makes all these mistakes anyway, so it's available for people who want that.

Note that a related discussion is at #104 and I plan to enable the functionality discussed there, though it's stalled at the moment.

[cuviper]

OK, thanks for considering it. I'll keep an eye on that other discussion.

[justinmk]

Sometimes it is nice to have hlsearch shown, which is why I enable it at all, but often I only want to get to the right location and clear the highlight.

I strongly recommend this sensible.vim mapping if you aren't already using it:

nnoremap <silent> <C-L> :nohlsearch<C-R>=has('diff')?'<Bar>diffupdate':''<CR><CR><C-L>

Just mash <C-L> whenever you want to clear incsearch.

[cuviper]

Yep, I do use <C-L>! Actually, it might be a nice way to clear sneak highlights too, without waiting for movement. I suppose I can just add call sneak#hl#removehl()?
(edit: call sneak#cancel() looks more appropriate)

[justinmk]

Actually, it might be a nice way to clear sneak highlights too, without waiting for movement.

Sure, or <Esc> works by default if you are running GUI Vim or Neovim (terminal and GUI), and don't already have it mapped.