You should not use this plugin, I've found HighStr, which is a much better alternative, use it :)
This is a very simple plugin to allow you to highlight different words in vim.
I found it somewhere around the web a while ago, copied it to my vim configuration file and changed it a bit. Eventually I decided to upload it as a plugin.
<leader>1 up to <leader>7
<leader>0
Use your preferred installation method, I use Plugged:
Plug 'avishayy/hi-words.vim'
This is a reaaaally simple plugin, no configuration is supported by default, you can however do this:
" Custom Highlight
hi def HiInterestingWord8 guifg=#000000 ctermfg=16 guibg=#111111 ctermbg=222
" Custom Mapping
nmap <silent> <leader>8 :call HiInterestingWord(8)<cr>
Note that the highlight definition must be a number prepended by HiInterestingWord and that number needs to be passed to HiInterestingWord()
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