title: Exact string match in vim? (Like 'regex-off' mode in less.)
body: <p>In <em>vim</em>, I often want to search on a string with finicky characters which need escaping. Is there a way I can turn off the meaning of all special characters, kind of like <em>regex-off</em> mode in less, or <em>fgrep</em>?</p>
  
  <p>I am dealing with particularly hairy strings; here's an example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>((N/N)/(N/N))/N
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Not having to escape any characters to do a search in vim would be a major timesaver.</p>
  
  <p>\V in <em>Vim</em> helps with some metacharacters, but critically not / or \.</p>
  
  <p><hr/>
  Thanks all! In the end, I added this to my .vimrc:</p>
  
  <pre><code>command! -nargs=1 S let @/ = escape('&lt;args&gt;', '\')
  nmap &lt;Leader&gt;S :execute(":S " . input('Regex-off: /'))&lt;CR&gt;
  </code></pre>