How to make vim search wrap more obvious?

Question

I mostly use vim (console and gvim) full screen on a large monitor. My peripheral vision tends to miss details at the bottom of the screen.

Any suggestions on how to

Answer 1

It's hard to change that behavior, you'd have to override all built-in search commands (/, n / N, *, #, etc.) and any custom (plugin) mappings. If this is bothering you, maybe

:set nowrapscan

is worth a try. You can then still "manually" wrap via gg / G, which will soon go into your muscle memory, yet keep you alert.