You can reset 'incsearch'.
Perhaps we could go back to the original view when typing the search
separator. So long as the user is typing the search pattern it is
useful to show the match, but when typing ":%s/foo/", thus starting to
type the replacement, it is useful to jump back?
I actually cannot guess if the user wants to see the original text or
the context of what is going to be replaced. If you have something
specific, you can copy it beforehand. And the jumping around can be
annoying. Thus I rather leave it like it is.
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