>>Need to keep the pattern in memory? If not, "/zzz" will do it, assuming >>you don't have "zzz" anywhere else in your file, of course.
>The search register can be overwritten by setting @/ to ''. This then >clears your search "properly". >For my purposes, I have the following mapping in my vimrc: >nnoremap <silent> <M-/> :set @/=''<CR> >so pressing alt-/ then clears my search. Yeah, but all those <shift>- and <alt>- stretches on the kb make my fingers hurt... :D
