created by

eiji kumiai

script type

utility

description

When inspecting text, often highlighting the current search keyword isn't enough. This script allows you to highlight keywords and search patterns in different colors. There are a few ways to use this functionality. 1) visual mode keyword selection Use visual mode to select text and press <CTRL>h The next available color will be used to highlight the keyword. <CTRL>h without a visual mode highlight releases the last highlight. 2) search pattern selection Perform a regular "/" search, and the press <CTRL>j The next available color will be used to highlight matches. <CTRL>h without a visual mode highlight releases the last highlight. 3) search pattern backtracking The last highlighted word is set as the current search pattern. This allows you to backtrack searches easily. For example, - search "keyword" /keyword - remember search <CTRL>j - search "pattern" /pattern - remember search <CTRL>j - At this point, repeating search with just "/" will search "pattern".    Use <CTRL>h without any visual highlight to backtrack.   Repeating search with just "/" will now search "keyword".

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
dysyn_vimrc.txt	1.9	2016-11-29	7.0	eiji kumiai	- revised color scheme so that text can be seen clearly - increased number of highlights from 26 to 35
dysyn_vimrc.txt	1.8	2010-01-22	7.0	eiji kumiai	New feature : search backtracking
_vimrc	1.5	2009-10-27	7.0	eiji kumiai	- <ctrl-j> highlights current search pattern.   perform normal search and use <ctrl> to do multiple regex patterns. - cterm colors now supported - up to 25 search items now supported - highlight across buffers - <ctrl-h> on regex characters escaped
dynamicsyntax.vim	1.0	2005-07-29	6.0	eiji kumiai	Initial upload

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