From f686373270115f503204b3811f0490c312c65057 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gaston Festari <cilindrox@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 09:48:43 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] feat: visual star search

---
 plugin/packages.vim           |  5 +----
 plugin/visual-star-search.vim | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 plugin/visual-star-search.vim

diff --git a/plugin/packages.vim b/plugin/packages.vim
index 08f16f7..fafb5a1 100644
--- a/plugin/packages.vim
+++ b/plugin/packages.vim
@@ -12,16 +12,13 @@ function! PackInit() abort
   call minpac#add('chriskempson/base16-vim')
   call minpac#add('ctrlpvim/ctrlp.vim')
   call minpac#add('editorconfig/editorconfig-vim')
-  call minpac#add('elzr/vim-json')
   call minpac#add('fatih/vim-go')
   call minpac#add('hashivim/vim-terraform')
   call minpac#add('inkarkat/vim-ReplaceWithRegister')
   call minpac#add('junegunn/vim-easy-align')
   call minpac#add('mustache/vim-mustache-handlebars')
-  call minpac#add('nelstrom/vim-visual-star-search')
   call minpac#add('nginx/nginx', {'subdir': 'contrib/vim'})
-  call minpac#add('pangloss/vim-javascript')
-  call minpac#add('plasticboy/vim-markdown')
+  call minpac#add('preservim/vim-markdown')
   call minpac#add('tpope/vim-abolish')
   call minpac#add('tpope/vim-commentary')
   call minpac#add('tpope/vim-dispatch')
diff --git a/plugin/visual-star-search.vim b/plugin/visual-star-search.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2aee574
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/visual-star-search.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+" From http://got-ravings.blogspot.com/2008/07/vim-pr0n-visual-search-mappings.html
+
+" makes * and # work on visual mode too.
+function! s:VSetSearch(cmdtype)
+  let temp = @s
+  norm! gv"sy
+  let @/ = '\V' . substitute(escape(@s, a:cmdtype.'\'), '\n', '\\n', 'g')
+  let @s = temp
+endfunction
+
+xnoremap * :<C-u>call <SID>VSetSearch('/')<CR>/<C-R>=@/<CR><CR>
+xnoremap # :<C-u>call <SID>VSetSearch('?')<CR>?<C-R>=@/<CR><CR>
+
+" recursively vimgrep for word under cursor or selection
+if maparg('<leader>*', 'n') ==? ''
+  nmap <leader>* :execute 'noautocmd vimgrep /\V' . substitute(escape(expand("<cword>"), '\'), '\n', '\\n', 'g') . '/ **'<CR>
+endif
+if maparg('<leader>*', 'v') ==? ''
+  vmap <leader>* :<C-u>call <SID>VSetSearch('/')<CR>:execute 'noautocmd vimgrep /' . @/ . '/ **'<CR>
+endif