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Summary: in Ctrl-R (reverse-i-search), Alt-* leads to * being inserted at the cursor, instead of the command being executed. eg. 'f' is inserted when Alt-F is hit, instead of the cursor being moved to the end of word (forward-word).
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in vimI picked this up from Andrew's post while reading up on the vintage mode in sublime. While I didn't take the plunge in the end, this plugin is now loaded.
There is still some room for improvement, as there are times where ...