*highlight.txt* functionality of the highlight registry ============================================================================ CONTENTS *highlight-contents* 1. Usage .................................................. |highlight-usage| 2. Variables .......................................... |highlight-variables| ============================================================================ Section 1: Usage *highlight-usage* ["x]& Highlights the under the cursor into register x. ["x]y& Sets the search register to the contents of register x. ["x]d& Removes the from register x. ["x]c& Emptys register x. No patterns previously belonging inside this register will be highlighted. ["x]* Highlights the under the cursor into register x. Moves to the next occurrence of the . ["x]# Highlights the under the cursor into register x. Moves to the previous occurrence of the . ["x]g& Highlights the under the cursor, but without forcing any highlighted occurrences to be a word. That is, if the selected is a substring of any text in the current buffer, the substring will also be highlighted. ["x]g* Works like ["x]g& but also moves to the next occurrence of the pattern. ["x]g# Works like ["x]g& but also moves to the previous occurrence of the pattern. v_["x]& Note the v indicates visual mode. Works like g&, but with the visually selected region. v_["x]* Note the v indicates visual mode. Works like g*, but with the visually selected region. v_["x]# Note the v indicates visual mode. Works like g#, but with the visually selected region. v_["x]d& Note the v indicates visual mode. Removes the visually selected region from register x. ============================================================================ Section 2: Variables *highlight-variables* g:highlight_register_default_color Default color used when initializing an unused register. vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: