Corrected statusline

autoload/highlight.vim

@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ endfunction
 " Mirrors the look of a given prompted highlight group (e.g. :hi Search)
 
 function! highlight#statusline()
-  let l:stl = '\' . s:active_register
-  return l:stl . l:stl . l:stl
+  return repeat(s:active_register, 3)
 endfunction
 
 
@@ -202,7 +201,9 @@ function! highlight#activate_register(reg)
       let search = search . key . '\|'
     endfor
     let @/ = search[:-3]
-    exe 'hi! link Search ' . highlight#get_group_name(a:reg)
+    for l:group in g:highlight_linkage
+      exe 'hi! link' l:group highlight#get_group_name(a:reg)
+    endfor
     set hlsearch
   else
     let @/ = ''

doc/tags

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+!_TAG_FILE_FORMAT	2	/extended format; --format=1 will not append ;" to lines/
+!_TAG_FILE_SORTED	1	/0=unsorted, 1=sorted, 2=foldcase/
+!_TAG_OUTPUT_MODE	u-ctags	/u-ctags or e-ctags/
+!_TAG_PROGRAM_AUTHOR	Universal Ctags Team	//
+!_TAG_PROGRAM_NAME	Universal Ctags	/Derived from Exuberant Ctags/
+!_TAG_PROGRAM_URL	https://ctags.io/	/official site/
+!_TAG_PROGRAM_VERSION	0.0.0	/f1de2a89/

plugin/hightlight.vim

@@ -45,6 +45,19 @@ if !exists('g:highlight_registry')
 endif
 
 
+" g:highlight_linkage :: [ String ] {{{2
+" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+"  Provides support for adding linkage to other accent groups if desired. For
+"  instance, airline's statusline uses highlight group __accent_Search if using
+"  Search, and want to keep this updated if possible.
+
+if !exists('g:highlight_linkage')
+  let g:highlight_linkage = ['Search']
+else
+  call add(g:highlight_linkage, 'Search')
+endif
+
+
 " MAPPINGS: {{{1
 " ==============================================================================