--- Lev Lvovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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?
Why go to the trouble of highlighting it? Have you discovered the * key? Just press the * key while in normal mode and vim searches for the word under the cursor. See this tip, http://vim.sourceforge.net/tips/tip.php?tip_id=1 Regards, David __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com