From 1b783875ba5f7031209887600ca50266985ec305 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: druckdev <63563978+druckdev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 17:32:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Let nvim show the effect of a command while typing

For example when typing a substitute command: live highlight the pattern
and show the result to which it would be substituted.
---
 .config/vim/vimrc | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.config/vim/vimrc b/.config/vim/vimrc
index e639090..ed9d587 100644
--- a/.config/vim/vimrc
+++ b/.config/vim/vimrc
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ set undofile
 set updatetime=300
 " Check for spelling in comments and strings
 set spell spelllang=en_us
+" Show the effect of a command while typing (substitute)
+if (has('nvim'))
+	set inccommand=nosplit
+endif
+" By default substitute with g flag (useful for inccommand and since I never
+" substitute without the g flag.
+" Specify g again to toggle it back
+set gdefault
 
 " Aesthetics ###################################################################
 " Use 24-bit (true-color) mode