Hi again,
Jürgen Krämer wrote:
>
> Axel Bender wrote:
>> How about implementing a hightlighting of the pattern searched for in
>> :g/.../ expressions? At times the resulting list is quite long and it
>> is difficult to identify the pattern. Highlighting it would be of
>> great benefit (at least for me...).
>
> the last time somebody asked this question I wrote this little function
>
> function! PrintWithHighlighting()
> let line = getline('.')
> let ms = match(line, @/)
> let me = matchend(line, @/)
>
> if ms != -1
> echohl none
> echo strpart(line, 0, ms)
> echohl Search
> echon strpart(line, ms, me - ms)
> echohl none
> echon strpart(line, me, strlen(line))
> else
> echo line
> endif
> endfunction
>
> command! P call PrintWithHighlighting()
>
> You can use it like this
>
> :g/you pattern/P
>
> I have never tested it much and I think I did not get any feedback if
> it behaved as wanted.
it misses at least one feature: it only highlights the first match on a
line.
> In the same thread somebody else replied with suggesting a script that
> probably can be found on vim.org and might be tested more.
> Alas, I cannot find the original thread at the moment.
Found it: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/VimTip1141
Regards,
Jürgen
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