From 167b949d8bc1131a202ea1379cbf0deb056f9fbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2019 14:26:08 +1300
Subject: Refine "sticky star" mapping

---
 vim/vimrc | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'vim')

diff --git a/vim/vimrc b/vim/vimrc
index 93efe27c..b4f5243a 100644
--- a/vim/vimrc
+++ b/vim/vimrc
@@ -1496,8 +1496,12 @@ sunmap <Leader>&
 map <Leader>7 <Leader>&
 ounmap <Leader>7
 sunmap <Leader>7
-"" Leader,*/8 is sticky-star: search, highlight, but don’t move
-nnoremap <silent> <Leader>* *N
+"" Leader,*/8 is "sticky star":
+""    - Set search string to word under cursor
+""    - Show search highlighting if it's enabled
+""    - Don't move the cursor
+nnoremap <silent> <Leader>*
+      \ :<C-U>let @/ = expand('<cword>')<CR>:let &hlsearch = &hlsearch<CR>
 nmap <Leader>8 <Leader>*
 "" Leader,` opens a scratch buffer, horizontally split
 nnoremap <silent> <Leader>`
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