extensions - search current buffer with regex

[JoseConseco]

It will let you search current buffer with regex support.

tele_buffer_search.mp4

User is expected to escape with \ (then in lua script \ is converted to % so that string.find works). I'm new to this so there may be bugs.
Rather than writing this extension, I would rather use:

• live_grep on current file, but I did not find way to make it work.
• or use current_buffer_fuzzy_find but without fuzzy, but also I also did not found way to make it work...

In the end me think above extension could be replaced in future with new sorter: non_fzf_regex or something like that. Plus new easy finder: grep(%) + grep(cwd_files)

[Conni2461]

Why do you want to merge a extension?
The only new thing here seems to be the sorter. the other code is just current_buffer_fuzzy_find isn't it?

[kkharji]

It would be better to add it as optional feature to current fuzzy finder and enable regex when that option is passed

[JoseConseco]

It is based on live_grep (if I remember correctly) but it is using regex and it is using only current file. Preferably instead of merging this extension, I would rather have functionality in Telescope where userI can use any type of search:

• fuzzy, regex, string_match etc
  and it could work on any target: current file, opened buffers, or cwd files etc. But there is no way to achieve these combinations it seems right now (I'm now to nvim and tele so I may be missing something) . I know its is simple script so feel free to close it if it does not match telescope vision.

[Conni2461]

Its definitely not based on live_grep its based on current_buffer_fuzzy_find and the only new thing here is the sorter.

I am closing this here because we are not merging extensions into core. extensions are meant for external repos. Also there is an attempt to make live_grep work with regex see #670