How to search for and highlight multiple strings in VIM

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In VIM, how can I search for multiple strings and have a different color highlight for each match?

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There is MultipleSearch plugin for vim. Description:

MultipleSearch allows you to have the results of multiple searches displayed on the screen at the same time. Each search highlights its results in a different color, and all searches are displayed at once. After the maximum number of colors is used, the script starts over with the first color.

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Vim – Search Around Line Breaks

After more searching, it looks like the easiest way to do this is with \_s. So for example:

/hello\_sworld

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You can tweak the colors of course but try this:

:highlight MyHereDoc ctermbg=green guibg=green
:match MyHereDoc /<<<\([A-Za-z]*\)\_.*\1/

Also, if you plan on it being something more perminant in your vimrc add:

highlight MyHereDoc ctermbg=green guibg=green
matchadd("MyHereDoc", '<<<\([A-Za-z]*\)\_.*\1')

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