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1 ;;; hl-line.el --- highlight the current line
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
4 ;; 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 ;; Author: Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
7 ;; Maintainer: FSF
8 ;; Created: 1998-09-13
9 ;; Keywords: faces, frames, emulation
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28 ;;; Commentary:
30 ;; Provides a local minor mode (toggled by M-x hl-line-mode) and
31 ;; a global minor mode (toggled by M-x global-hl-line-mode) to
32 ;; highlight, on a suitable terminal, the line on which point is. The
33 ;; global mode highlights the current line in the selected window only
34 ;; (except when the minibuffer window is selected). This was
35 ;; implemented to satisfy a request for a feature of Lesser Editors.
36 ;; The local mode is sticky: it highlights the line about the buffer's
37 ;; point even if the buffer's window is not selected. Caveat: the
38 ;; buffer's point might be different from the point of a non-selected
39 ;; window. Set the variable `hl-line-sticky-flag' to nil to make the
40 ;; local mode behave like the global mode.
42 ;; You probably don't really want to use the global mode; if the
43 ;; cursor is difficult to spot, try changing its colour, relying on
44 ;; `blink-cursor-mode' or both. The hookery used might affect
45 ;; response noticeably on a slow machine. The local mode may be
46 ;; useful in non-editing buffers such as Gnus or PCL-CVS though.
48 ;; An overlay is used. In the non-sticky cases, this overlay is
49 ;; active only on the selected window. A hook is added to
50 ;; `post-command-hook' to activate the overlay and move it to the line
51 ;; about point. To get the non-sticky behavior, `hl-line-unhighlight'
52 ;; is added to `pre-command-hook' as well. This function deactivates
53 ;; the overlay unconditionally in case the command changes the
54 ;; selected window. (It does so rather than keeping track of changes
55 ;; in the selected window).
57 ;; You could make variable `global-hl-line-mode' buffer-local and set
58 ;; it to nil to avoid highlighting specific buffers, when the global
59 ;; mode is used.
61 ;; By default the whole line is highlighted. The range of highlighting
62 ;; can be changed by defining an appropriate function as the
63 ;; buffer-local value of `hl-line-range-function'.
65 ;;; Code:
67 (defgroup hl-line nil
68 "Highlight the current line."
69 :version "21.1"
70 :group 'editing)
72 (defcustom hl-line-face 'highlight
73 "Face with which to highlight the current line."
74 :type 'face
75 :group 'hl-line)
77 (defcustom hl-line-sticky-flag t
78 "*Non-nil means highlight the current line in all windows.
79 Otherwise Hl-Line mode will highlight only in the selected
80 window. Setting this variable takes effect the next time you use
81 the command `hl-line-mode' to turn Hl-Line mode on."
82 :type 'boolean
83 :version "22.1"
84 :group 'hl-line)
86 (defvar hl-line-range-function nil
87 "If non-nil, function to call to return highlight range.
88 The function of no args should return a cons cell; its car value
89 is the beginning position of highlight and its cdr value is the
90 end position of highlight in the buffer.
91 It should return nil if there's no region to be highlighted.
93 This variable is expected to be made buffer-local by modes.")
95 (defvar hl-line-overlay nil
96 "Overlay used by Hl-Line mode to highlight the current line.")
97 (make-variable-buffer-local 'hl-line-overlay)
99 (defvar global-hl-line-overlay nil
100 "Overlay used by Global-Hl-Line mode to highlight the current line.")
102 ;;;###autoload
103 (define-minor-mode hl-line-mode
104 "Buffer-local minor mode to highlight the line about point.
105 With ARG, turn Hl-Line mode on if ARG is positive, off otherwise.
107 If `hl-line-sticky-flag' is non-nil, Hl-Line mode highlights the
108 line about the buffer's point in all windows. Caveat: the
109 buffer's point might be different from the point of a
110 non-selected window. Hl-Line mode uses the function
111 `hl-line-highlight' on `post-command-hook' in this case.
113 When `hl-line-sticky-flag' is nil, Hl-Line mode highlights the
114 line about point in the selected window only. In this case, it
115 uses the function `hl-line-unhighlight' on `pre-command-hook' in
116 addition to `hl-line-highlight' on `post-command-hook'."
117 :group 'hl-line
118 (if hl-line-mode
119 (progn
120 ;; In case `kill-all-local-variables' is called.
121 (add-hook 'change-major-mode-hook #'hl-line-unhighlight nil t)
122 (if hl-line-sticky-flag
123 (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook #'hl-line-unhighlight t)
124 (add-hook 'pre-command-hook #'hl-line-unhighlight nil t))
125 (hl-line-highlight)
126 (add-hook 'post-command-hook #'hl-line-highlight nil t))
127 (remove-hook 'post-command-hook #'hl-line-highlight t)
128 (hl-line-unhighlight)
129 (remove-hook 'change-major-mode-hook #'hl-line-unhighlight t)
130 (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook #'hl-line-unhighlight t)))
132 (defun hl-line-highlight ()
133 "Activate the Hl-Line overlay on the current line."
134 (if hl-line-mode ; Might be changed outside the mode function.
135 (progn
136 (unless hl-line-overlay
137 (setq hl-line-overlay (make-overlay 1 1)) ; to be moved
138 (overlay-put hl-line-overlay 'face hl-line-face))
139 (overlay-put hl-line-overlay
140 'window (unless hl-line-sticky-flag (selected-window)))
141 (hl-line-move hl-line-overlay))
142 (hl-line-unhighlight)))
144 (defun hl-line-unhighlight ()
145 "Deactivate the Hl-Line overlay on the current line."
146 (if hl-line-overlay
147 (delete-overlay hl-line-overlay)))
149 ;;;###autoload
150 (define-minor-mode global-hl-line-mode
151 "Global minor mode to highlight the line about point in the current window.
152 With ARG, turn Global-Hl-Line mode on if ARG is positive, off otherwise.
154 Global-Hl-Line mode uses the functions `global-hl-line-unhighlight' and
155 `global-hl-line-highlight' on `pre-command-hook' and `post-command-hook'."
156 :global t
157 :group 'hl-line
158 (if global-hl-line-mode
159 (progn
160 (add-hook 'pre-command-hook #'global-hl-line-unhighlight)
161 (add-hook 'post-command-hook #'global-hl-line-highlight))
162 (global-hl-line-unhighlight)
163 (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook #'global-hl-line-unhighlight)
164 (remove-hook 'post-command-hook #'global-hl-line-highlight)))
166 (defun global-hl-line-highlight ()
167 "Active the Global-Hl-Line overlay on the current line in the current window."
168 (when global-hl-line-mode ; Might be changed outside the mode function.
169 (unless (window-minibuffer-p (selected-window))
170 (unless global-hl-line-overlay
171 (setq global-hl-line-overlay (make-overlay 1 1)) ; to be moved
172 (overlay-put global-hl-line-overlay 'face hl-line-face))
173 (overlay-put global-hl-line-overlay 'window (selected-window))
174 (hl-line-move global-hl-line-overlay))))
176 (defun global-hl-line-unhighlight ()
177 "Deactivate the Global-Hl-Line overlay on the current line."
178 (if global-hl-line-overlay
179 (delete-overlay global-hl-line-overlay)))
181 (defun hl-line-move (overlay)
182 "Move the Hl-Line overlay.
183 If `hl-line-range-function' is non-nil, move the OVERLAY to the position
184 where the function returns. If `hl-line-range-function' is nil, fill
185 the line including the point by OVERLAY."
186 (let (tmp b e)
187 (if hl-line-range-function
188 (setq tmp (funcall hl-line-range-function)
189 b (car tmp)
190 e (cdr tmp))
191 (setq tmp t
192 b (line-beginning-position)
193 e (line-beginning-position 2)))
194 (if tmp
195 (move-overlay overlay b e)
196 (move-overlay overlay 1 1))))
198 (provide 'hl-line)
200 ;;; arch-tag: ac806940-0876-4959-8c89-947563ee2833
201 ;;; hl-line.el ends here