Re: highlight found pattern within a function?

On Jul 25, 9:18 pm, Bee <beeyaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I created a function that given a string will modify it to make a
> search pattern.
>
> fu! Find(str)
> " build search pattern based on str
>   let @/ = pattern
>   try
>     execute "normal /" . pattern . "\<cr>"
>   catch
>   endtry
> endf
>
> It works very well.
>
> When I use the 'normal' find, I have it set to highlight all found.
>
> When I use the function the pattern is found but not highlighted. If
> ':set hls' is added IN the function the found text is still NOT
> highlighted. When 'n' is used to find the next occurrence... THEN the
> text is highlighted.
>
> I can use a command like this to turn on highlighting, then call the
> function and that works.
>
> set hlsearch | call Find("hello")
>
> Is there a way to turn on highlighting within the function?
>
> Bill

I forgot to say that I know the following from :help :function

*function-search-undo*
The last used search pattern and the redo command "."
will not be changed by the function. This also
implies that the effect of |:nohlsearch| is undone
when the function returns.



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