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How do you highlight a word in Vim?
Press Enter again to clear the highlighting. It works by setting the search register so pressing n or N will search forwards or backwards for the word. The mapping (see :help :map- ) means that the text returned by Highlighting () is executed as a command.
How can I get rid of the highlighting in vimrc?
To disable the highlighting temporarily, enter (this is a command, not an option): :nohlsearch. This command (which can be abbreviated to :noh) removes the highlighting for the current search. The highlighting returns for the next search. If you do this often, put a mapping in your vimrc, like this:
What does the mapping of expr IN Vim mean?
The mapping (see :help :map- ) means that the text returned by Highlighting () is executed as a command. That is necessary because commands that affect the current search highlighting are ignored when executed inside a function.
What does the global variable g mean in Vim?
The global variable g:highlighting is used to track whether highlighting is active as there appears to be no way to detect that using Vim script.
Is there a way to highlight all search matches?
Highlight matches without moving It can be useful to highlight the word under the cursor like *, but without jumping to the next match. Then you can see the search highlights on the current screen, without any scrolling. Move to the first match (ggn), last (GN), next (n) or previous (N) as usual.
How to disable the highlighting in HL-search?
See :help hl-Search, or type :hi Search to see what color you have it set to. You can easily change the default highlighting with, for example, :hi Search guibg=LightBlue . To disable the highlighting temporarily, enter (this is a command, not an option):
How to highlight text in a text widget in Python?
Following is an example of how you can extend the Text class to include a method for highlighting text that matches a pattern. In this code the pattern must be a string, it cannot be a compiled regular expression.