Regex
In kakoune, many prompts or commands require a regex:
- search
/,? - select
s - split
S - keep
<a-k> - not keep
<a-K> - …
As stated in the README, the regex syntax supported is the Perl syntax currently provided by Boost: Perl Regular Expression Syntax.
This page lists common patterns you may need to better express your intent.
You can set user mappings to pre-fill prompts with the ones you need often. Here's an example with search and the \Q\E mentioned below:
map global user / ':exec /<ret>\Q\E<left><left>'
(<left><left> move the cursor back where you need it to be)
It is possible to make case insensitive regex by prefixing the expression with (?i).
Use the Quote flags, by surrounding your query with \Q and \E. Everything in between will be treated literally.
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