vi editor question

lpriyamb · 09-22-2003, 05:14 AM

hello,

This is a very simple or may be a silly question. In vi editor when i search for a text using '/wordtobesearched', if the word is found it shows in brown color. And that is highlighted always. sometimes it is very irritating.... could anyone tell how to disable that?

thanks....

BigNate · 09-22-2003, 05:37 AM

Not sure about vi but the ViM FAQ's :

http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/vimfaq.html

note:

10.1. After I searched for a text with a pattern, all the matched text
stays highlighted. How do I turn off the highlighting
temporarily/permanently?

koyi · 09-22-2003, 11:29 AM

I use a simpler approach myself. Try to search for a word that doesn't exist in the file and the highlights will go off.

My favourite is: /hahaha
(You seldom find this in serious documents

)

kev82 · 09-22-2003, 11:55 AM

:set nohlsearch

oskernel · 09-23-2003, 01:22 AM