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When I search for a word in my files, many of them come up, and it's tough to tell which one my cursor is currently over.

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Is there a way to edit the background color for the search I'm currently on? It would be great to turn the whole word a different color, instead of just the first character. You can't see it when the screenshot tool is open, but the actual effect is that the letter e that's currently outlined in fact inverts the foreground and background colors. That effect is great, but any way I can apply it to the whole word?

Other ideas on how to know which one I'm on are welcome : )

Here are the current lines in my color file that might be relevant:

hi IncSearch    ctermfg=0   guifg=#000000 ctermbg=223 guibg=#ffdfaf cterm=none gui=none
hi Search       ctermfg=0   guifg=#000000 ctermbg=149 guibg=#afdf5f
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It looks like timakro/vim-searchant should do what you want:

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This will set the current word red, although you can override it to some other color if you want.

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  • Hahaa! It works, but it leaves a red stain behind after you escape the search.
    – Costa Michailidis
    Feb 1, 2019 at 22:36
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    @Costa That's funny. You could post a bug-report for that. I had some issues when I tried out the plugin (n and * would throw errors, etc.), but I didn't spend much time looking into it, since it could be an incompatibility with one of my other plugins. (probably haya14busa/incsearch.vim if I had to guess), but if itworks for you that's good.
    – DJMcMayhem
    Feb 1, 2019 at 22:40
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    This solved it: let g:searchant_map_stop=0 nmap <Esc> <Plug>SearchantStop Help docs were sufficient : )
    – Costa Michailidis
    Feb 1, 2019 at 22:45

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