title: Is there a way to insert the current search pattern into commandline?
body: <p>After installing Ag.vim I've had a frequent need to copy a search from * or / into the command line to search across all files in a codebase.</p>
  
  <p>Example use case:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>I find a string of text <code>user_profile_uri</code> and use <code>*</code> to select it.</p></li>
  <li><p>I press <code>:</code> to enter commandline line mode and enter <code>Ag</code> to start my file search</p></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Is there a way to move or copy the text in my search cursor to the commandline without having to copy the initial text by manually?</p>
  
  <p>Edit:</p>
  
  <p>I'm close to figuring this out. <code>:registers</code> at the commandline will give me a list of registers and while in command mode I can use <code>Ctrl+R &lt;registerkey&gt;</code> to paste. However, the text I need looks like <code>\&lt;user_profile_uri\&gt;</code></p>