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I can't find info in help about whether it should or shouldn't turn on highlighting, but I find it strange that I have to press n or N after * or # to turn on search highlighting.

How do I enable this in vim if that's 'normal' behaviour.

I've got only these lines in my vimrc related to search highlighting.

if !has('nvim')
    set smartcase
    set hlsearch      " highlight search terms
    set incsearch     " show search matches as you type
endif
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    This is the default behavior for hlsearch. Try starting vim with vim -u NONE, then put :set hlsearch and see if the behavior is unchanged.
    – Tumbler41
    Jun 3, 2016 at 20:06

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You can hook up the hlsearch command like so:

nnoremap * :set hlsearch<CR>*
nnoremap # :set hlsearch<CR>#

And if you want to highlight the current word without moving the cursor you can add the N movement afterwards:

nnoremap * :set hlsearch<CR>*N
nnoremap # :set hlsearch<CR>#N
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  • Thanks for you help. Do you have any idea what the logic behind vim default behaviour? Jun 4, 2016 at 22:26

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