Question

one of the best feature i have in eclipse is this one:

if i select (with double click) a word that is a variable name all occurences in the scope are evidenced. and, also, in they are evidenced with a little white rectangle in the scrollbar.

for example with this code:

static void foo() {
    int a=0;
    cout << a << endl;
}

static void foo1() {
    int a=1;
    cout << a << endl;
}

and i select the a in foo(), a in foo1 is not evidenced.

what is the name of this feature? there is something similar in vim?

thanks.

Answer 1

I think this is called “Highlight occurrences”.

In VIM, you can have something similar by activating hlsearch.

:set hlsearch

Then just perform a search using /. If you want this to permanent, add it to your .vimrc file.

In normal mode, if you press * it will search for the next occurrence of the current word and will highlight the matches if hlsearch is set.