[TriLUG] need help from the vi gurus

[Douglas Kojetin]

howdy!

no, that is quite simple, and it worked -- which confuses me, because 
it seems when I used vi before that simply searching using /string did 
not carry highlighting through to a new vi session (after i quit and 
restart).  maybe i've been living in the twilight zone for the past few 
years and have not noticed it ...

many thanks again!
Doug

On Dec 9, 2003, at 8:30 AM, davis wrote:

> 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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