On 2016-07-26, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 12:10 AM, Tumbler Terrall > <kingdomboun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Monday, July 25, 2016 at 3:11:11 PM UTC-5, Christian Brabandt wrote: > >> Hi Bram! > >> > >> On So, 24 Jul 2016, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > >> > >> > > please no hlsearch. That is most often annoying. > >> > > >> > Well, I find it useful. But I suppose that's more a personal > >> > preference. > >> > >> perhaps, if we made ctrl-l clear the search highlighting by default? > > > > I personally like the idea of turning on hlsearch by default, but +1 to > > the idea of also making ctrl-l clear the hl. > > > > ~Tumbler Terrall > > > > 'incsearch' and 'hlsearch' are part of the settings set by the > vimrc_example.vim, and I like them. Clearing the highlight whenever I > repaint the screen? Hm, I'm not convinced. I dont like the idea of > having Ctrl-L serve as both ":redraw" and ":nohls" which are totally > unrelated in my mind. I prefer the latest search highlight to remain > highlighted regardless of possible screen repaints, until or unless I > explicitly turn it off with either ":nohls" or ":let @/ = ''" (i.e., > in case your email reader doesn't clearly display quotation marks, > make the search register an empty string).
The only time I use Ctrl-L is when something has messed up my display and I want to redraw it. I just want it redrawn exactly as it was, including any search highlights. If you want to have Ctrl-L also execute :nohls, create a mapping. Regards, Gary -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.