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First column of vim highlighted yellow and won't go away

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00:00 Question
01:22 Accepted answer (Score 63)
02:00 Answer 2 (Score 4)
02:19 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 65


The reason it does that is because of the

set hlsearch

command and because you apparently searched for ^.. To turn the highlighting off until the next search, execute

:nohl

or just search for something nonsensical, e.g. /alsdfkjslk. To turn the highlighting off permanently, create your own ~/.vimrc and put this in it:

set nohlsearch


ANSWER 2

Score 4


The previous search is stored in ~/.viminfo. You can change it in there, or use :nohl to turn it off until the next search.