In command mode i.e. at the ':' at the bottom type 'nohl' and Enter...Should take care of it..most likely you searched for a word and now every time it encounters that word it will highlight it.
HTH Steve > > Somehow I set 'vi' to highlight on a pattern of text, and I find it > rather annoying (well, it's helpful, but it's annoying that I a] do not > know how i did it, and b] cannot figure out how to unset it). I tried > deleted anything that appeared to be a reference to it in my ~/.viminfo > file, but no dice! > > Can anyone point me towards a nice, definitive VIM/VI online reference > and/or help me out? If help is chosen :) ... I'll pose the question, > what (online or not: pdf, ps, book) do you recommend for a vi 'quick > reference'? > > Many thanks, > Doug > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
