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Vim: make star "*" command stay on current word
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Mar 15, 20261213 viewsConfidence Score0%
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In most use cases I use * command just to highlight current word in source code to make sure that it was typed right for example. How can I make star command to stay on current word? If that is impossible, how can I bind another key to do that?
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I think the simplest solution is this mapping: where the last two characters are two backticks to restore the cursor to the original position. Another solution would be but that moves the cursor to the beginning of the word. Both solutions have the …
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