Comment #1 on issue 380 by [email protected]: v:hlsearch doesn't work when
in a function.
https://code.google.com/p/vim/issues/detail?id=380
This is done on purpose: the highlighting state is saved and restored for a
user
function, see ':help :nohlsearch' and ':help function-search-undo'.
I believe this is done so that the user's last search state is not
accidentally
changed by functions (or autocommands), which may do searches just to do
their work.
This is not documented in ':help v:hlsearch', but the help for :nohlsearch
is linked
from there.
Also, the documentation for @" mentions this: ':help "/', or a bit
above ':help @/'.
Not sure if this is a bug.
Maybe the v:hlsearch documentation should more clearly point this out? As
in the
help for v:searchforward, which points this out and links
to 'function-search-undo'.
Also, are you asking for a way to force setting the search state from a
function?
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