| Tip 87 | Search for the Current Visual Selection |
In Normal mode, the * command lets us search for the word under the cursor. Using a small amount of Vim script, we can redefine the * command in Visual mode so that, instead of searching for the current word, it searches for the current selection.
Search for the Current Word in Visual Mode
In Visual mode, the * command searches for the word under the cursor:
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We start off in Visual mode with the first three words selected and our cursor placed on the word “sea.” When we invoke the * command, it searches forward for the next occurrence of the word “sea,” extending the range of the ...
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