Quick VIM question (unhighlighting search terms after search)

lrt2003 · 05-08-2004, 01:31 AM

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

sakulagi · 05-08-2004, 02:41 AM

I mapped <F5> as a switch:

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

lrt2003 · 05-08-2004, 02:49 AM

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?

arvind_sv · 05-08-2004, 09:01 AM

Hi,

Try this:

:noh

For more on this:

:help noh

Arvind

lrt2003 · 05-08-2004, 10:28 AM

yep works good thanks!

hw-tph · 05-08-2004, 05:21 PM

I use this in my ~/.vimrc to map disable highlighting to Ctrl+N:

Code:

nmap <silent> <C-N> :silent noh<CR>

I think I stole this from the great Tips section on vim.org.

Håkan