meino wrote: > I often use a search'n'replace on an area, which is limited by > a previously selected visual block. > Additional hlsearch is on by default. > After the searech'n'replace has ended, the found places are > marked all over the whole text. > This is often irritating to me. > Is there a way to limit the highlights set by hlsearch to > those place of the visual block area?
As the other reply said, map a key to turn highlights off. See: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Highlight_all_search_pattern_matches However, while not really helpful for what you asked, it is possible to limit highlights to the last visually selected block. See: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Search_and_replace_in_a_visual_selection For example, consider these two searches: /[abc] /\%V[abc] The first finds all a or b or c, everywhere. The second finds the same, but only in the last visual selection (what would be highlighted if gv were used). John -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
