On Fri 21-Jul-06 12:51pm -0600, Jason Weber wrote: >> Ah, that's an idea. Just "/ " to search for spaces (assumes >> highlighting's turned on), and they'll all be highlighted. He wants to >> turn off highlighting, just "/qqq" or something.
> I prefer "/;;" to turn off highlighting. the keys are right next to each > other and never happen in any languages I use. I clear the last search pattern often enough that I use a mapping: map <leader>\ :let @/=""<bar>echo "Search pattern cleared"<cr> -- Best regards, Bill