VSCodeVim seems don't support full text matching

[oldmtn]

e.g.
If I want to search a text 'localStream', I will type a search word like:
/<localStream>
but it don't work.

[J-Fields]

I assume this is a difference between vim and JS regex? #3996

[sql-koala]

Hi, yes this it is.
The js regex would be: \blocalStream\b, (\b is a word boundary, which is \< or \> in vim).

@oldmtn
But you can use the js regex with vims search.

@J-Fields
I was a bit suprised to see that vscodevim directly "pastes" the vim pattern into a js regex (more or less). It would be possible to "translate" a vim pattern to js regex, in cases like this ( where js regex offers a functional equivalent, just with different syntax).
VsVim does this,but it is some amount of work.

[oldmtn]

Hi, yes this it is.
The js regex would be: \blocalStream\b, (\b is a word boundary, which is < or > in vim).

@oldmtn
But you can use the js regex with vims search.

@J-Fields
I was a bit suprised to see that vscodevim directly "pastes" the vim pattern into a js regex (more or less). It would be possible to "translate" a vim pattern to js regex, in cases like this ( where js regex offers a functional equivalent, just with different syntax).
VsVim does this,but it is some amount of work.

Thanks for you help.
'\blocalStream\b' is work for me.