highlighting is become annoying after I found the target word by using /string in vim , could any body tell me what is the quickest way to shutdown highlighting ? thanks
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The simplest way is to enter the :noh
command.
Additionally, you can add this line to your .vimrc
to map that command to the Enter key, so you can simply press Enter after searching to clear highlight:
:nnoremap <CR> :noh<CR><CR>

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by the way .. i've tried add that magic line but the vim become very strange . – Yank Oct 25 '12 at 04:11
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in which line should i add this sentence? – Yank Oct 25 '12 at 04:13
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1My original post had it mapped to `Esc`. I've changed to to `
` which is `Enter`. That may help, as I remember `Esc` acting kind of funny too. – Jonathon Reinhart Oct 25 '12 at 04:15 -
...anywhere in your `~/.vimrc` file. – Jonathon Reinhart Oct 25 '12 at 04:16
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@Yan note that you don't need the `:` in front of `nnoremap` to add to your `.vimrc` – K Z Oct 25 '12 at 04:17