Kakoune plugin which adds commands for highlight-search toggling. Can be used with kakoune-toggle-map
toggle-map global normal <F3> hlsearch-on hlsearch-off
or hlsearch-on
Place in autoload/ or use plug.kak.
If you use plug.kak, usage in your kakrc should be used in the following fashion
plug "krornus/kakoune-toggle-map" %{
plug "krornus/kakoune-hlsearch" %{
toggle-map global normal <F3> hlsearch-on hlsearch-off
}
}