Quick VIM question (unhighlighting search terms after search)
 

When I do a search with /<pattern>, I can't get it to unhighlight the search term after the search. how do you do this?

thnx

I mapped <F5> as a switch:

echo map \<F5\> :set hls\!\<bar\>set hls?\<CR\> >> ~/.vimrc

thanks that worked, though is there a "normal" option to stop the search and get back to normal, like a built in command that works universally?

Hi,

Try this:

:noh

For more on this:

:help noh

Arvind

yep works good thanks!

I use this in my ~/.vimrc to map disable highlighting to Ctrl+N:I think I stole this from the great Tips section on vim.org.


Håkan