From d91ae17970e3b4bce275ab1a74c51af07949cadd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Hartmann <oliver.hartmann@freiewildbahn.de>
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2022 11:52:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fixed highlight keymapping

---
 lua/my_keymappings.lua | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lua/my_keymappings.lua b/lua/my_keymappings.lua
index 3496eee..6b4405c 100644
--- a/lua/my_keymappings.lua
+++ b/lua/my_keymappings.lua
@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@ vim.keymap.set({ 'n', 'x' }, '<End>', 'g<End>', opts)
 vim.keymap.set('x', '<', '<gv')
 vim.keymap.set('x', '>', '>gv')
 
+local function hlWord()
+  local current_word = vim.call('expand','<cword>')
+  vim.fn.setreg('/', current_word)
+  vim.api.nvim_command "set hlsearch"
+end
 -- Highlight word under cursor
-vim.keymap.set('n', "'", ':let @/=\'\\<<C-R>=expand("<cword>")<CR>\\>\'<CR>:set hls<CR>', { noremap = true, silent = true })
--- vim.keymap.set('v', "'", "y:let @/='<C-R>=escape(@\",'/\\')<CR>'<CR>:set hls<CR>")
-vim.keymap.set('x', "'", "y:let @/='<C-R>=escape(@\",'/\\')<CR>'<CR>:set hls<CR>", { noremap = true, silent = true })
+vim.keymap.set('n', "'", hlWord, { noremap = true, silent = false })
+vim.keymap.set('x', "'", 'y/\\V<C-R>"<CR>N', { noremap = true, silent = true })
 
 -- Close Buffer
 vim.keymap.set('n', '<C-w>', ':bd<CR>')