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    <p>I copied this function to visually search with <code>*</code> and <code>#</code>:</p> <pre><code>function! s:VSetSearch(cmdtype) let temp = @s norm! gv"sy let @/ = '\V' . substitute(escape(@s, a:cmdtype.'\'), '\n', '\\n', 'g') let @s = temp endfunction xnoremap * :&lt;C-u&gt;call &lt;SID&gt;VSetSearch('/')&lt;CR&gt;/&lt;C-R&gt;=@/&lt;CR&gt;&lt;CR&gt; xnoremap # :&lt;C-u&gt;call &lt;SID&gt;VSetSearch('?')&lt;CR&gt;?&lt;C-R&gt;=@/&lt;CR&gt;&lt;CR&gt; </code></pre> <p>The <code>#</code> mapping works fine but the <code>*</code> mapping doesn't exit visual selection (it extends the range of the visual selection until the next searched word). I don't understand why this is happening. Is there a solution? </p> <p><strong>EDIT:</strong> To reproduce the problem save the code snippet, download the <a href="ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/gvim74.exe" rel="nofollow">MS Installer</a>, open <code>cmd.exe</code> and start vim <code>vim -u NONE</code>, then do <code>:set nocp</code> and finally source the saved code. In fact, the following simple mapping doesn't work either:</p> <pre><code>nnoremap * *&lt;C-o&gt; </code></pre> <p><strong>EDIT 2:</strong> Can someone else reproduce this issue? Should it be reported?</p> <p><strong>EDIT 3:</strong> I believe that the problem (bug?) is that the <code>*</code> (star) key cannot be remapped: if I start vim with <code>vim -N -u NONE</code> (Vim 7.4 with patches 1-274) and run the command <code>:noremap * :echo "star"&lt;CR&gt;</code> and press <code>*</code>, vim tries to perform a search. I also reported <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_dev/nkcV51bsQuc" rel="nofollow">this</a> to the vim dev group.</p>
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    1. COPlease do `:verbose vmap *` to make sure the mapping is setup correctly.
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    2. COWhat do you mean by "_search visually_"?
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    3. CO@jahroy Search for the Visual selection. The code is taken verbatim from https://github.com/nelstrom/vim-visual-star-search.
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