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Vim: Highlight word under cursor
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highlight_word_under_cursor.vim
" When the cursor is hold on a word, that word is highlighted.
" When the cursor is moving, the highlight is hidden
set updatetime=300
au! CursorMoved * set nohlsearch
au! CursorHold * set hlsearch | let @/='\<'.expand("<cword>").'\>'
set hlsearch
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It seems it's intended to work in gvim.

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