[TriLUG] need help from the vi gurus

[Stephen Hoffman]

In command mode i.e. at the ':' at the bottom type 'nohl' and
Enter...Should take care of it..most likely you searched for a word and
now every time it encounters that word it will highlight it.

HTH Steve


>

> Somehow I set 'vi' to highlight on a pattern of text, and I find it
> rather annoying (well, it's helpful, but it's annoying that I a] do not
> know how i did it, and b] cannot figure out how to unset it).  I tried
> deleted anything that appeared to be a reference to it in my ~/.viminfo
> file, but no dice!
>
> Can anyone point me towards a nice, definitive VIM/VI online reference
> and/or help me out?  If help is chosen :) ... I'll pose the question,
> what (online or not: pdf, ps, book) do you recommend for a vi 'quick
> reference'?
>
> Many thanks,
> Doug
>
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