new visual selection highlight

lua/my_keymappings.lua

@@ -46,8 +46,25 @@ end
 
 -- Highlight word under cursor
 vim.keymap.set('n', "'", hlWord, { noremap = true, silent = true, desc = 'Higlight word under cursor' })
-vim.keymap.set('x', "'", 'y/\\V<C-R>"<CR>N', { noremap = true, silent = true, desc = 'Highlight visual' })
+vim.keymap.set('x', "'", function()
+  -- 1. Yank current visual selection into the 'v' register
+  vim.cmd('noau normal! "vy"')
+  local text = vim.fn.getreg('v')
 
+  -- 2. Escape special characters (\ and /) for search
+  text = vim.fn.escape(text, '\\/')
+
+  -- 3. Replace actual newlines with the string "\n"
+  text = string.gsub(text, '\n', '\\n')
+
+  -- 4. Set the search register with \V (very nomagic) for literal search
+  vim.fn.setreg('/', '\\V' .. text)
+
+  -- 5. Turn on highlight search
+  vim.opt.hlsearch = true
+
+  -- Optional: Print feedback
+end, { desc = 'Search for selected text (multiline supported)' })
 -- Close Buffer
 -- vim.keymap.set('n', '<C-w>', ':bd<CR>', { desc = 'Close buffer' })