use external regexp engine (visual-regexp-steroids)

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Cask b/Cask
index 2daa85c..697c831 100644
--- a/Cask
+++ b/Cask
@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@
 (depends-on "smex")
 (depends-on "sublime-themes")
 (depends-on "undo-tree")
+(depends-on "visual-regexp-steroids")
 (depends-on "yasnippet")
 
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 1f23cb9..269f053 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@
 (setq sml/theme 'respectful)
 (sml/setup)
 
+(require 'visual-regexp-steroids)
+(define-key global-map (kbd "C-c r") 'vr/replace)
+(define-key global-map (kbd "C-c q") 'vr/query-replace)
+
+;; use visual-regexp-steroids's isearch instead of the built-in regexp
+;; isearch
+(define-key esc-map (kbd "C-r") 'vr/isearch-backward) ;; C-M-r
+(define-key esc-map (kbd "C-s") 'vr/isearch-forward) ;; C-M-s
+
 
 
 ; C-d on an empty line in the shell terminates the process.
@@ -268,7 +277,6 @@
 (global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-k") (lambda ()
                                   (interactive)
                                   (kill-buffer (current-buffer))))
-(global-set-key (kbd "C-c r") 'replace-regexp)
 
 (require 'shell-switcher)
 (setq shell-switcher-mode t)