vim-oblique

Disclaimer: this plugin has many issues that cannot be easily fixed. I suggest that you try simpler alternatives like vim-evanesco or vim-slash.

Improved /-search for Vim.

• Different highlight for the match under the cursor
• Automatically clears search highlight when cursor is moved
• Does not append short patterns to search history
• Readline key bindings
• Fuzzy-search
• Improved star-search (visual-mode, highlighting without moving)

Installation

Use your favorite plugin manager. vim-oblique requires vim-pseudocl.

With vim-plug:

Plug 'junegunn/vim-pseudocl'
Plug 'junegunn/vim-oblique'

Usage

vim-oblique overrides the following keys by default:

Default Key	<Plug> map	Description
/	<Plug>(Oblique-/)	Forward search
?	<Plug>(Oblique-?)	Backward search
z/	<Plug>(Oblique-F/)	Forward fuzzy-search
z?	<Plug>(Oblique-F?)	Backward fuzzy-search
n	<Plug>(Oblique-n)	Repeat the last search
N	<Plug>(Oblique-N)	Repeat the last search in the opposite direction
	<Plug>(Oblique-n!)	Repeat the last search (always forward)
	<Plug>(Oblique-N!)	Repeat the last search (always backward)
*	<Plug>(Oblique-*)	Forward star-search (in normal and visual mode)
#	<Plug>(Oblique-#)	Backward star-search (in normal and visual mode)
g*	<Plug>(Oblique-g*)	Forward star-search (no word boundary match)
g#	<Plug>(Oblique-g#)	Backward star-search (no word boundary match)

(Unlike the default star-search, the overridden version will not move the cursor)

Customization

Maps

Use the <Plug> maps in the above table to customize the maps.

Options

• g:oblique#min_length (default: 3)
  • Patterns shorter than this will not be added to search history
• g:oblique#incsearch_highlight_all (default: 0)
  • To highlight all incremental matches (requires incsearch)
• g:oblique#clear_highlight (default: 1)
  • To clear search highlight or not
• g:oblique#prefix (default: '')
  • Option to prefix pattern with
• g:oblique#enable_cmap (default: 1)
  • Enable experimental cmap emulation

Events

You can customize the behavior of vim-oblique by registering custom actions to the following events of User group.

Event	When
Oblique	/, ?, z/, z?
ObliqueStar	*, #, g*, g#
ObliqueRepeat	n, N

The following example will move your cursor line to the middle of the screen after search.

autocmd! User Oblique       normal! zz
autocmd! User ObliqueStar   normal! zz
autocmd! User ObliqueRepeat normal! zz

Highlighting

Define the following highlight groups to change the color:

• ObliquePrompt (default: linked to Label)
• ObliqueLine (default: linked to None)
• ObliqueCurrentMatch (default: linked to IncSearch)
• ObliqueCurrentIncSearch (default: linked to IncSearch)

Example

hi! def link ObliqueCurrentMatch Keyword
hi! def link ObliquePrompt       Structure
hi! def link ObliqueLine         String

License

MIT