Command to disable/enable searchindex functionality

[dbarnett]

I'd like a way to disable and re-enable the custom search messages for working around possible bugs and comparing plugin behavior to vim's default behavior for troubleshooting.

For instance:

/it<CR>
 [1/7]  /it
:SetSearchIndex OFF
/it<CR>
 /it
:SetSearchIndex ON
/it<CR>
 [1/7]  it

[rburny]

On what level would you like this disabling to happen? Skipping the message is trivial, but it's most likely not enough to weed out all possible issues (since mappings are left, they can still interfere). A more complete solution would be to undo all the mappings and autocmds that we use.

Can you explain the use cases? For avoiding issues with single commands (e.g. issue #6), it seems like granular controls are more helpful; for comparing, you could just open two Vim instances (with & without the plugin) side-by-side.

[dbarnett]

Completely disabling by undoing the mappings would be best. You could leave mappings but have them check a variable and have them pass through to built-in behavior, but even a noop mapping of indirection can mess with things.

Per-buffer controls could handle a few use cases, but I think for this users would be fine just disabling and reenabling globally as needed (until we got a real fix pushed).