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Question

I want to write some mappings so I can move faster between the code. The problem is that I have hlsearch on(and i don't want it off) so I did it like this:

au BufNewFile,BufRead *.py
    nnoremap <Leader>r /return<CR>:noh<CR>
    nnoremap <Leader>nf /def .*(.*):<CR>:noh<CR>
    nnoremap <Leader>pf ?def .*(.*):<CR>:noh<CR>
    nnoremap <Leader>nc /class<CR>:noh<CR>
    nnoremap <Leader>pc ?class<CR>:noh<CR>

I added :noh<CR> to disable highlighting after search, but that makes "flickering" effect which is unpleasing.

Is there a way to disable highlighting just for the next search or other solution?

Answer 1

You can perform a search without setting any highlight with the :h search() function.

For example, this will jump to the next occurrence of a 'return' preceded by optional space characters only:

nnoremap <leader>r :call search("\s*return")<cr>

Answer 2

I really like vim-cool for this. It doesn't exactly achieve what you want, because it (instead) automatically runs :nohlsearch when the cursor moves, or various other things. I've found it far more intuitive than dealing with various possible manual ways.