Highlight

[VERSION: 0.1]

Builds a custom registry for manipulating highlights. In particular, I found it necessary to search for different keywords without overriding previous searches; that is, I wanted to be able to continue adding more words to a search without having to keep track of which words I've already searched for.

["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.

Variables

Refers to the color used for highlighting when a registry had not been initialized.

g:highlight_register_default_color = 'Yellow'