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highsciguy
highsciguy

Reputation: 2637

Avoid entering text search vim command history

I often use search and replace commands using / in vim scripts and user commands. One anoying side effect is that the search appears in the search command history when typing / followed by cursor-up. Can I prevent vim to enter the searches within scripts into the history? Also: Is there a better way to remove highlighting after such a search within a script or user command than to search for a very unlikely expression like /I_DO_NOT_EXIST_IN_THIS_FILE?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 232

Answers (2)

yazu
yazu

Reputation: 4660

I use F9 to turn off/on highlighting on the previous search:

" Highlight searches 
set hlsearch
noremap <F9> :set hlsearch! hlsearch?<CR>

Upvotes: 2

kev
kev

Reputation: 161674

Type :noh to cancel the highlighting.

Type :call search('I_DO_NOT_EXIST_IN_THIS_FILE') to search without search-history.

You can also :call histdel('/', -1) to delete latest entry in search history.

Upvotes: 4

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