> ok I found my error and fixed it. It was in a bad vmap I had for iw
> Thank you all, as always, for the info.
> Now I think 'viw' works well for me in all cases :-)
> I wish the one char word, when selected, changed colour but not a problem.
In my gvim the one-character visually selected word's Visual highlight
is visible during the "off" phase of the blinking cursor; and with
'showcmd' on the number of characters (and bytes, if different) in the
selection is displayed near bottom right of the Vim screen.
Best regards,
Tony.