From 8a6e06f137dc5149485e80e41038b9d0b7d54e48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shooter23 <44271378+Shooter23@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:00:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Surround word with "\\<" and "\\>" for search_current().

The crosshatch (#) and asterisk (*) commands in Vim perform exact word searches. For example, with the cursor on "word", the asterisk would perform "/\<word\>" to search for the next exact occurrence of "word".
---
 vimode/src/cmds/special.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/vimode/src/cmds/special.c b/vimode/src/cmds/special.c
index 7f15aba5f..34b17dccb 100644
--- a/vimode/src/cmds/special.c
+++ b/vimode/src/cmds/special.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static void search_current(CmdContext *c, CmdParams *p, gboolean next)
 	else
 	{
 		const gchar *prefix = next ? "/" : "?";
-		c->search_text = g_strconcat(prefix, word, NULL);
+		c->search_text = g_strconcat(prefix, "\\<", word, "\\>", NULL);
 	}
 	g_free(word);