Re: Highlighting :g//

Hi,

Paul wrote:
>
> Often I'll want to see a list of lines that contain a pattern. I'll do
> ':g/pattern/', sometimes followed by # if I want the line numbers.
> Sometimes I'd like to see where in the line the pattern matched, so,
> is there a way to have the output of :g// highlight the pattern?

this is almost completely untested (especially for corner cases):

function! PrintWithHighlighting()
let line = getline('.')
let ms = match(line, @/)
let me = matchend(line, @/)

if ms != -1
echohl none
echo strpart(line, 0, ms)
echohl Search
echon strpart(line, ms, me - ms)
echohl none
echon strpart(line, me, strlen(line))
else
echo line
endif
endfunction

command! P call PrintWithHighlighting()

Use it like

:g/your pattern/P

Regards,
Jürgen

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