diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5b497d5..184f408 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ smart people at [Hashrocket](http://hashrocket.com/). - [Grepping Through The Vim Help Files](vim/grepping-through-the-vim-help-files.md) - [Head of File Name](vim/head-of-file-name.md) - [Help For Non-Normal Mode Features](vim/help-for-non-normal-mode-features.md) +- [Highlighting Search Matches](vim/highlighting-search-matches.md) - [Horizontal to Vertical and Back Again](vim/horizontal-to-vertical-and-back-again.md) - [Incremental Searching](vim/incremental-searching.md) - [Increment All The Numbers](vim/increment-all-the-numbers.md) diff --git a/vim/highlighting-search-matches.md b/vim/highlighting-search-matches.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..694e898 --- /dev/null +++ b/vim/highlighting-search-matches.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# Highlighting Search Matches + +Want to see all the places in the buffer that match a search pattern? Turn +on `hlsearch` and Vim will highlight all the matches of the previous search. + +Try turning it on with `:set hlsearch` and then search for some pattern +using `/`. + +If you no longer want to see all the highlighted matches, turn it off with +`:set nohlsearch`. + +See `:h hlsearch` for more details.