What I'm looking for is the Notepad++ feature where I can highlight words on right clicking and choosing one of the 5 styles (so that all instances of that word get highlighted with that color), in some editor in linux (Red hat). I find that it helps me in understanding new code.
Linux – Notepad++ like editor for linux which highlights words on right clicking
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Best Answer
Emacs can do it. Once you've loaded a file, press:
Alt + s then h and finally r
or alternatively if your version of Emacs doesn't recognize the previous shortcut:
Alt + x then type
highlight-regexp
and press EnterEmacs will ask you the regexp (a simple word or phrase will work too) to highlight, then it will ask you the color name too, usually starting with
hi-
e.g.hi-yellow
(you can use Tab to complete). That's all.It may sound complicated but that's Emacs; there are plenty of ways to speed up this process if you want to mess up with it. And I suggest you to do so.