<Plug>(clever-f-reset) doesn't reset highlight

[ram02z]

I have the following map in my config:
nmap <Esc> <Plug>(clever-f-reset)

Moving the cursor resets the highlights, but pressing <Esc> doesn't. However, it does reset the searching character.

[macintacos]

Hack I did was just add :noh<CR> at the end of it. Would be nice to not have to do that though.

[dragon-architect]

That hack was the exact configuration that I attempted in my own vimrc, before I even saw this open issue, and it didn't work for me. I tried both :noh<CR><Plug>(clever-f-reset) and <Plug>(clever-f-reset):noh<CR>.

[BertrandSim]

I did a little bit of debugging. In my case, I noticed that the function clever_f#reset() in "autoload/clever_f.vim" returns an empty string (''). Changing its return value to a non-empty string that does a no-op, such as return "\<Esc>", works for me.

[BertrandSim]

Alternatively, bypass the <Plug> mapping, and call the reset function directly, that is

nnoremap <Esc> :<C-u>call clever_f#reset()<CR>