> Is this what you want ?:
>
> " remap f,F to be multi-line
> noremap <silent>f :call OneCharSearch(1)<CR>
> noremap <silent>F :call OneCharSearch(0)<cr>
> noremap ; n
> noremap , N
> function! OneCharSearch(forward)
> " op is '/' or '?'
> let x= getchar()
> let c=nr2char(x)
> echo 'c='.c
> if x == 27 | return | endif
> if c == '\' | let x='\\' | endif
> if a:forward
> silent! exe "norm /\\V".c."\<cr>"
> else
> silent! exe 'norm ?\\V'.c."\<cr>"
> endif
> endfun
>
> Yakov
Can you do 3f{ this way ?