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

Here’s how to disable regular expression search/replace only in command mode:

autocmd CmdWinEnter * set nomagic
autocmd CmdWinLeave * set magic

All plugins that depends on regular expression such as white-space remover should works as usual.