I'm a vim user and have recently been trying out emacs for fun. I find that the feature I'm missing most so far from vim is the "super star" (find the word under the cursor by typing *) feature, and I have yet to find the equivalent in emacs. If it's not built in, what would I need to add to my emacs file to get something similar?
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C-s C-w is ok but it's not strictly symbol search, but "word part at the right of point" search.
The correct answer is M-s . This starts symbol search with the symbol at point preloaded. Symbol search is a special mode of isearch that you can start with M-s _. If you're already in isearch (for example, after pressing C-s or C-r) you can also type M-s _ to enter symbol search.
I urge you to read the entire documentation of isearch since it's very powerful and versatile.
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