Gene Kwiecinski wrote:
Me, I go to whatever I'm looking for, hit 'v', then use normal motion commands (eg, "3e") to highlight the text in question, instead of using the mouse.If a single word, '*' will automagically highlight and search for the word under the cursor.
And with vnoremap * y:exe 'norm! /' . escape(@@, '/*.\[$^~') . "\r"<cr> in your .vimrc, it works for more than a single word, any stuff up to a line's worth. HTH John