Re: highlighting search results from within a function

On 2012-06-21, richard emberson wrote:
> I've got a function:
>
> function! XXXX()
> execute '/this'
> endfunction
>
> and when I run it:
>
> :call XXXX()
>
> my cursor is positioned at the first 'this' but the text
> is not highlighted (nor is the text of any of the other 'this'
> highlighted).

The problem is that the search register is saved before a function
call and restored after, so when your function returns the search
register no longer contains "this". See ":help
function-search-undo".

One solution would be

function! XXXX()
execute '/this'
return @/
endfunction

and to use the following instead of ":call XXXX()".

:let @/ = XXXX()

HTH,
Gary

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