no, that is quite simple, and it worked -- which confuses me, because it seems when I used vi before that simply searching using /string did not carry highlighting through to a new vi session (after i quit and restart). maybe i've been living in the twilight zone for the past few years and have not noticed it ...
many thanks again! Doug
On Dec 9, 2003, at 8:30 AM, davis wrote:
Hello Doug,
Just type / to search for a new string and type in gibberish. It won't
find it and thus nothing will be highlighted. Am I over simplifying your
situation, or is the situation more complex?
JD
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 08:20:14AM -0500, Douglas Kojetin wrote:
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
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