nmap <silent> <Leader>n :silent nohl<CR>
" use leader-# to display the number of matches for the last search
nmap <Leader># :%s:<C-R>/::gn<CR>
+" center cursor after search
+nnoremap n nzz
set nostartofline " don't move the cursor to the first non-blank char of a line
set path=.,** " current + subdirectory search for :find, :grep:, ...