bug: Format pattern for searching not working as expected

[JustinBacher]

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Neovim version (nvim -v)

0.10.0

Operating system/version

Arch Linux

Describe the bug

I assume using the default setup that noice would show an icon for search/replace but it isn't.

/

: (just entering the cmdline)

:%s/

:%s/abc

I have tried setting up with defaults and I have tried adding my own replace pattern. As in the seen in my reproducable example, I tested using nvim -u repro.lua and still not showing icon for replace so I don't think it's any of my plugins but I could be wrong

Steps To Reproduce

1. Setup using default, or use custom replace formatting
2. Open cmdline
3. type: %s/

Expected Behavior

For cmdline format to show the correct icon when entering search/replace

Repro

local root = vim.fn.fnamemodify("./.repro", ":p")

for _, name in ipairs({ "config", "data", "state", "cache" }) do
  vim.env[("XDG_%s_HOME"):format(name:upper())] = root .. "/" .. name
end

local lazypath = root .. "/plugins/lazy.nvim"
if not vim.loop.fs_stat(lazypath) then
  vim.fn.system({ "git", "clone", "--filter=blob:none", "https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim.git", lazypath, })
end
vim.opt.runtimepath:prepend(lazypath)

-- install plugins
local plugins = {
  "folke/tokyonight.nvim",
  {
    "folke/noice.nvim",
    dependencies = "MunifTanjim/nui.nvim",
    opts = {
      cmdline = {
        format = {
          replace = { pattern = "^:%s/", icon = "", lang = "vim" }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

require("lazy").setup(plugins, { root = root .. "/plugins"})

vim.cmd.colorscheme("tokyonight")

[ilias777]

Hi. There is no icon for search and replace. The only available icons are described here.

To search and replace you enter first the command line with : and for this is set the right arrow as icon. The magnifying glass icon is only for searching by pressing /.

[JustinBacher]

Is this not possible? Or is this just not implemented? Maybe I could PR this? If it's possible?

[ilias777]

I don't know if it's possible, because you entered first the command line with : and for this is the right arrow as icon. I think no.

[JustinBacher]

Right, but then how can :lua be matched but :%s/ can't be

[ilias777]

Yes, you are absolutely right.
I played a little bit with the format options and with regex. And it works! Look here...

search_replace_with_icon.mov

Place this code inside the opts table:

cmdline = {
    format = {
        search_replace = { pattern = '^:%%s/', icon = '󰛔', lang = 'regex' },
    },
},

✌🏻🙂

[ilias777]

You can also add kind = 'search', before pattern and the border are changing the highlight and the text also changes from Cmdline to Search.

{ kind = 'search', pattern = '^:%%s/', icon = '󰛔', lang = 'regex' },

[JustinBacher]

Omg thank you so much! that's so simple it's been erking me for a bit now! didn't think it would be just adding the extra % Maybe this should be added to the recipes or the readme so people know!

[ilias777]

Glad that I helped you!
The extra % is to escape the %s, because in Lua Regex the %s is a whitespace.
Cool! Now you can mark this discussion as answered. 👍🏻