On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 09:54:51PM -0700, Bart Garst wrote:
> If anyone knows a better way of correcting this, please speak up.

In your .vimrc:
:set nohls

If the text is disappearing into the background when highlighted, try
also setting ":set bg=dark" or ":set bg=light" as appropriate.

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