Disable treating special characters are regex when doing a vim search

.vimrc

@@ -615,17 +615,31 @@ noremap <c-h> <c-w><Left>
 noremap <leader>m :vsplit<cr>
 noremap <leader>mm :split<cr>
 
-" Faster way to activate the 'a' register. This is useful for putting different
+" Disable treating special characters as regex when doing searches as it's so
-" lines of text into the 'a' register and then pasting it as a group.
+" fucking annoying having to escape them, particularly periods and asterisk.
-" You need to first use `<leader>a` and then subsequent use is <leader>A.
+" This is done by setting the 'very nomagic' setting \V.
-" The paste command will use this content until you do something with a
+nnoremap / /\V
-" different register. You can later paste the 'a' contents using `<leader>a p`
+
+"-----------------------------------------------------
+" 'a' register helpers
+"
+" Faster way to activate the 'a' named register. These registers can be used
+" for various operations like yanking (copying), deleting, and pasting text.
+" Each register is identified by a single character. For example, there are
+" named registers 'a' to 'z', where text yanked or deleted can be specifically
+" stored and later retrieved.
+"
+" First activate the register with <leader>a and then do your yank, delete or
+" paste. Subsequent yanks into <leader>a will overwrite existing data. You can
+" append to the register by using <leader>aa
+"
 
 " This overwrites the contents of a.
 noremap <leader>a "a
 
 " This appends to a.
 noremap <leader>aa "A
+"-----------------------------------------------------
 
 " Backward replace word including cursor character.
 noremap <leader>d cvb