How can I toggle smartcase in Vim?

Question

I love smartcase, but there are times that I\'d like to turn it off and search for just lowercase. Is there a builtin that will toggle smartcase, or do I need to w

Answer 1

If you want to toggle if off completely, just do

:set nosmartcase

But if you want to toggle the mode of one-two searches, use special symbols in your search patterns:

• \c makes the pattern ignore case, for example: /iGnOrEcAsE\c (matches "ignorecase");
• \C makes the pattern match case, for example: /matchcase\C (doesn't march "MatchCase").