On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Dotan Cohen <[email protected]> wrote:
> If one uses * to find the definition of a constant, how can he return
> to the location where he pressed *? I tried Ctrl-O but it did not take
> me back. Furthermore, "help *" did not have any information regarding
> how to go back. I was not in Insert mode in the last location so `.
> will not take me there either. Does one have to set a mark to get
> back? That seems very annoying.

'N' takes you back. More specifically it repeats the search in the
opposite direction.

See
:help pattern


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