On 27 May 2009, at 11:51, Nick Cripps wrote:

>
> Hi,
> I've been using emacs for a while and recently decided that I'm fed up
> with it. vim looks like it will suit me much better, but I'm still
> learning to use it.
>
> One thing I don't like so much is the search highlighting behavior. In
> emacs matches are highlighted while you type the expression (which
> I've found you can enable in vim by adding :set incsearch to .vimrc)
> and continue to be highlighted until you do anything not related to
> searching (such as move the cursor).
>
> What I would like is to have all matches highlighted from when I
> perform the search and stay highlighted only until I press any key
> other than n or N (ie emacs highlighting behavior).
>
> I've tried googling for an answer but not found anything. Anyone know
> how I can get this?
>
> Thanks,
> Nick


Stick this in your .vimrc

" Switch off highlighting after hitting return
nnoremap <CR> :noh<CR>

Of course you can change they key, in this case <CR>

Cheers,

Jerry


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