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copied!<p>I want to be able to search for multiple strings in vim. There are a number of solutions I've come across, but they all suck:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/131559/advanced-searching-in-vim">Advanced searching in Vim</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/704434/is-there-any-way-to-highlight-multiple-searches-in-gvim">Is there any way to highlight multiple searches in (g)vim?</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1183" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1183</a></li> </ul> <p>First off, typing anything other than '/' to begin a search is a fail. ":match SearchName search_string" is really bad. ":Search foo" is bad as well.</p> <p>So here are my requirements for a good multiple search solution in vim:</p> <ol> <li>Must be able to type /</li> <li>Clearing search must be easy</li> <li>Each search should use a different color</li> </ol> <p>Ideally, some other criteria would be met:</p> <ol> <li>Should be able to easily clear either last search or all searches</li> <li>Should be able to easily find next result of either last search or any current search</li> <li>Shortcuts * and # should work similarly</li> </ol> <p>If anyone knows of any solution that satisfies these conditions (or at least comes closer than the solutions mentioned above), I'd love to see it.</p> <p><strong>Edit:</strong> MultipleSearch2, from one of the links above, did very bad things to a lot of my syntax highlighting. It's nowhere close to useful for me.</p>

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