PracticalVim Tip72

Table of Contents Tip 72: Tune the Case Sensitivity of Search Patterns Setting Case Sensitivity Globally Setting Case Sensitivity per Search Enabling Smarter Default Case Sensitivity References:

Tip 72: Tune the Case Sensitivity of Search Patterns

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Setting Case Sensitivity Globally

• enabling the 'ignorecase' setting.

Setting Case Sensitivity per Search

• `\c`: ignore case
• `\C`: force case sensitivity

Enabling Smarter Default Case Sensitivity

• enabling the 'smartcase' option.

References:

Example: | Pattern | 'ignorecase' | 'smartcase' | Matches | | foo | off | - | foo | | foo | on | - | foo Foo FOO | | foo | on | on | foo Foo FOO | | Foo | on | on | Foo | | Foo | on | off | foo Foo FOO | | \cfoo | - | - | foo Foo FOO | | foo\C | - | - | foo |