Perform a non-regex search/replace in vim

Question

When doing search/replace in vim, I almost never need to use regex, so it\'s a pain to constantly be escaping everything, Is there a way to make it default to not using regex or

Answer 1

For the :s command there is a shortcut to disable or force magic. To turn off magic use :sno like:

:sno/search_string/replace_string/g

Found here: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Simplifying_regular_expressions_using_magic_and_no-magic