ARGH! Odd gVim text coloration?

[DonQuixote]

Hey all,

I was using gVim and I guess I pressed a combination of keys and voila! I now have a bright red background color behind every instance of every string of ");" in one of my files, like this );, well ok, not like that... it's the background that is red.

I have NO idea what I did, or how to change it back.

Any help would be most appreciated!

Thanks!

[DonQuixote]

Ok... it seems that I somehow used the "Find" command... what I need to know is how to turn it off?

Thanks!

[jrib]

well there is the newbie method I used for a while:
/asdjfioasjfois

Which would search for 'asdjfioasjfois' and of course fail so there is no highlight.

Then there is the smart way, by doing :nohlsearch or :noh for short.

And you can disable it for the rest of your session with :set nohlsearch

Add that to your ~/.(g)vimrc of course to never have to bother again.

[xenmax]

I would also do _jason's method of tying a few gibberish characters to turn off search highlighting, but i recently found this method which I prefer now - add a key mapping to turn off search highlighting in (g)vimrc file:
map <silent> <F3> :nohl<CR>
When i hit F3, highlight is off. Note that this DOES NOT clear search buffer. Next time i hit "n" or "N", i get search highlight back.:)

[DonQuixote]

Guys,

Thanks so much for the help!

[DonQuixote]

xenmax,

Is that command exactly as I would enter it into the .vimrc file?

Thanks!

[xenmax]

Is that command exactly as I would enter it into the .vimrc file?
Yes, that should work.

[RafG]

map <silent> <F3> :nohl<CR>
When i hit F3, highlight is off. Note that this DOES NOT clear search buffer. Next time i hit "n" or "N", i get search highlight back.:)

I use a 'toggle'. In case anyone is interested:
map <F6> :set hls!<bar>set hls?<CR>

[jrib]

I use a 'toggle'. In case anyone is interested:
map <F6> :set hls!<bar>set hls?<CR>

This is great, I'm going to use it. Thanks!