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Asked: 2015-04-05 17:48:04 +0800 CST

How to highlight a searched text in vim editor?

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I have vim editor version 7.3

However in this when I search for a test by typing :/SEARCHTEXT the cursor goes to the line containing the text which is searched, but the text itself is NOT highlighted.

I tried by typing :hlsearch but i get an error saying E492: Not an editor command: hlsearch

Is this because the vim package I have installed does not support hlsearch. If yes then can anyone please tell me which vim package should i install so that searched text will be highlighted ?

Thanks.

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    It is an option

    open VIM and run

    :set hlsearch

    To turn it off

    :set nohlsearch

    See http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Highlight_all_search_pattern_matches for details

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