[TriLUG] need help from the vi gurus

[davis]

Hello Doug,

Just type / to search for a new string and type in gibberish.  It won't
find it and thus nothing will be highlighted.  Am I over simplifying your
situation, or is the situation more complex?


JD

On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 08:20:14AM -0500, Douglas Kojetin wrote:
> 
> 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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