On Tue 17-Oct-06 4:03pm -0600, Lev Lvovsky wrote: > Is it possible to search for a string by selecting that string in > visual mode? Meaning, if I highlight something, and then want to > search for that thing which is highlighted in the rest of the doc?
You can do this with a visual map:
vnoremap <leader>/ y/<C-R>"<CR>
This will not always work - the visual area may contain
characters will special meaning in a pattern.
See
:h :y
:h c_CTRL-R_=
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Best regards,
Bill
