Highlight all occurrence of a selected word?

Question

How can I highlight all occurrence of a selected word in GVim, like in Notepad++?

Answer 1

First ensure that hlsearch is enabled by issuing the following command

:set hlsearch

You can also add this to your .vimrc file as set

set hlsearch

now when you use the quick search mechanism in command mode or a regular search command, all results will be highlighted. To move forward between results, press 'n' to move backwards press 'N'

In normal mode, to perform a quick search for the word under the cursor and to jump to the next occurrence in one command press '*', you can also search for the word under the cursor and move to the previous occurrence by pressing '#'

In normal mode, quick search can also be invoked with the

/searchterm

to remove highlights on ocuurences use, I have bound this to a shortcut in my .vimrc

:nohl