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1 ;;; hl-line.el --- highlight the current line -*- lexical-binding:t -*-
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1998, 2000-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
6 ;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org
7 ;; Created: 1998-09-13
8 ;; Keywords: faces, frames, emulations
10 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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25 ;;; Commentary:
27 ;; Provides a local minor mode (toggled by M-x hl-line-mode) and
28 ;; a global minor mode (toggled by M-x global-hl-line-mode) to
29 ;; highlight, on a suitable terminal, the line on which point is. The
30 ;; global mode highlights the current line in the selected window only
31 ;; (except when the minibuffer window is selected). This was
32 ;; implemented to satisfy a request for a feature of Lesser Editors.
33 ;; The local mode is sticky: it highlights the line about the buffer's
34 ;; point even if the buffer's window is not selected. Caveat: the
35 ;; buffer's point might be different from the point of a non-selected
36 ;; window. Set the variable `hl-line-sticky-flag' to nil to make the
37 ;; local mode behave like the global mode.
39 ;; You probably don't really want to use the global mode; if the
40 ;; cursor is difficult to spot, try changing its color, relying on
41 ;; `blink-cursor-mode' or both. The hookery used might affect
42 ;; response noticeably on a slow machine. The local mode may be
43 ;; useful in non-editing buffers such as Gnus or PCL-CVS though.
45 ;; An overlay is used. In the non-sticky cases, this overlay is
46 ;; active only on the selected window. A hook is added to
47 ;; `post-command-hook' to activate the overlay and move it to the line
48 ;; about point. To get the non-sticky behavior, `hl-line-unhighlight'
49 ;; is added to `pre-command-hook' as well. This function deactivates
50 ;; the overlay unconditionally in case the command changes the
51 ;; selected window. (It does so rather than keeping track of changes
52 ;; in the selected window).
54 ;; You could make variable `global-hl-line-mode' buffer-local and set
55 ;; it to nil to avoid highlighting specific buffers, when the global
56 ;; mode is used.
58 ;; By default the whole line is highlighted. The range of highlighting
59 ;; can be changed by defining an appropriate function as the
60 ;; buffer-local value of `hl-line-range-function'.
62 ;;; Code:
64 (defvar-local hl-line-overlay nil
65 "Overlay used by Hl-Line mode to highlight the current line.")
67 (defvar-local global-hl-line-overlay nil
68 "Overlay used by Global-Hl-Line mode to highlight the current line.")
70 (defvar global-hl-line-overlays nil
71 "Overlays used by Global-Hl-Line mode in various buffers.
72 Global-Hl-Line keeps displaying one overlay in each buffer
73 when `global-hl-line-sticky-flag' is non-nil.")
75 (defgroup hl-line nil
76 "Highlight the current line."
77 :version "21.1"
78 :group 'convenience)
80 (defface hl-line
81 '((t :inherit highlight))
82 "Default face for highlighting the current line in Hl-Line mode."
83 :version "22.1"
84 :group 'hl-line)
86 (defcustom hl-line-face 'hl-line
87 "Face with which to highlight the current line in Hl-Line mode."
88 :type 'face
89 :group 'hl-line
90 :set (lambda (symbol value)
91 (set symbol value)
92 (dolist (buffer (buffer-list))
93 (with-current-buffer buffer
94 (when hl-line-overlay
95 (overlay-put hl-line-overlay 'face hl-line-face))))
96 (when global-hl-line-overlay
97 (overlay-put global-hl-line-overlay 'face hl-line-face))))
99 (defcustom hl-line-sticky-flag t
100 "Non-nil means the HL-Line mode highlight appears in all windows.
101 Otherwise Hl-Line mode will highlight only in the selected
102 window. Setting this variable takes effect the next time you use
103 the command `hl-line-mode' to turn Hl-Line mode on.
105 This variable has no effect in Global Highlight Line mode.
106 For that, use `global-hl-line-sticky-flag'."
107 :type 'boolean
108 :version "22.1"
109 :group 'hl-line)
111 (defcustom global-hl-line-sticky-flag nil
112 "Non-nil means the Global HL-Line mode highlight appears in all windows.
113 Otherwise Global Hl-Line mode will highlight only in the selected
114 window. Setting this variable takes effect the next time you use
115 the command `global-hl-line-mode' to turn Global Hl-Line mode on."
116 :type 'boolean
117 :version "24.1"
118 :group 'hl-line)
120 (defvar hl-line-range-function nil
121 "If non-nil, function to call to return highlight range.
122 The function of no args should return a cons cell; its car value
123 is the beginning position of highlight and its cdr value is the
124 end position of highlight in the buffer.
125 It should return nil if there's no region to be highlighted.
127 This variable is expected to be made buffer-local by modes.")
129 ;;;###autoload
130 (define-minor-mode hl-line-mode
131 "Toggle highlighting of the current line (Hl-Line mode).
132 With a prefix argument ARG, enable Hl-Line mode if ARG is
133 positive, and disable it otherwise. If called from Lisp, enable
134 the mode if ARG is omitted or nil.
136 Hl-Line mode is a buffer-local minor mode. If
137 `hl-line-sticky-flag' is non-nil, Hl-Line mode highlights the
138 line about the buffer's point in all windows. Caveat: the
139 buffer's point might be different from the point of a
140 non-selected window. Hl-Line mode uses the function
141 `hl-line-highlight' on `post-command-hook' in this case.
143 When `hl-line-sticky-flag' is nil, Hl-Line mode highlights the
144 line about point in the selected window only. In this case, it
145 uses the function `hl-line-unhighlight' on `pre-command-hook' in
146 addition to `hl-line-highlight' on `post-command-hook'."
147 :group 'hl-line
148 (if hl-line-mode
149 (progn
150 ;; In case `kill-all-local-variables' is called.
151 (add-hook 'change-major-mode-hook #'hl-line-unhighlight nil t)
152 (if hl-line-sticky-flag
153 (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook #'hl-line-unhighlight t)
154 (add-hook 'pre-command-hook #'hl-line-unhighlight nil t))
155 (hl-line-highlight)
156 (add-hook 'post-command-hook #'hl-line-highlight nil t))
157 (remove-hook 'post-command-hook #'hl-line-highlight t)
158 (hl-line-unhighlight)
159 (remove-hook 'change-major-mode-hook #'hl-line-unhighlight t)
160 (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook #'hl-line-unhighlight t)))
162 (defun hl-line-make-overlay ()
163 (let ((ol (make-overlay (point) (point))))
164 (overlay-put ol 'priority -50) ;(bug#16192)
165 (overlay-put ol 'face hl-line-face)
166 ol))
168 (defun hl-line-highlight ()
169 "Activate the Hl-Line overlay on the current line."
170 (if hl-line-mode ; Might be changed outside the mode function.
171 (progn
172 (unless hl-line-overlay
173 (setq hl-line-overlay (hl-line-make-overlay))) ; To be moved.
174 (overlay-put hl-line-overlay
175 'window (unless hl-line-sticky-flag (selected-window)))
176 (hl-line-move hl-line-overlay))
177 (hl-line-unhighlight)))
179 (defun hl-line-unhighlight ()
180 "Deactivate the Hl-Line overlay on the current line."
181 (when hl-line-overlay
182 (delete-overlay hl-line-overlay)))
184 ;;;###autoload
185 (define-minor-mode global-hl-line-mode
186 "Toggle line highlighting in all buffers (Global Hl-Line mode).
187 With a prefix argument ARG, enable Global Hl-Line mode if ARG is
188 positive, and disable it otherwise. If called from Lisp, enable
189 the mode if ARG is omitted or nil.
191 If `global-hl-line-sticky-flag' is non-nil, Global Hl-Line mode
192 highlights the line about the current buffer's point in all
193 windows.
195 Global-Hl-Line mode uses the functions `global-hl-line-unhighlight' and
196 `global-hl-line-highlight' on `pre-command-hook' and `post-command-hook'."
197 :global t
198 :group 'hl-line
199 (if global-hl-line-mode
200 (progn
201 ;; In case `kill-all-local-variables' is called.
202 (add-hook 'change-major-mode-hook #'global-hl-line-unhighlight)
203 (if global-hl-line-sticky-flag
204 (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook #'global-hl-line-unhighlight)
205 (add-hook 'pre-command-hook #'global-hl-line-unhighlight))
206 (global-hl-line-highlight)
207 (add-hook 'post-command-hook #'global-hl-line-highlight))
208 (global-hl-line-unhighlight-all)
209 (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook #'global-hl-line-unhighlight)
210 (remove-hook 'post-command-hook #'global-hl-line-highlight)))
212 (defun global-hl-line-highlight ()
213 "Highlight the current line in the current window."
214 (when global-hl-line-mode ; Might be changed outside the mode function.
215 (unless (window-minibuffer-p)
216 (unless global-hl-line-overlay
217 (setq global-hl-line-overlay (hl-line-make-overlay))) ; To be moved.
218 (unless (member global-hl-line-overlay global-hl-line-overlays)
219 (push global-hl-line-overlay global-hl-line-overlays))
220 (overlay-put global-hl-line-overlay 'window
221 (unless global-hl-line-sticky-flag
222 (selected-window)))
223 (hl-line-move global-hl-line-overlay))))
225 (defun global-hl-line-unhighlight ()
226 "Deactivate the Global-Hl-Line overlay on the current line."
227 (when global-hl-line-overlay
228 (delete-overlay global-hl-line-overlay)))
230 (defun global-hl-line-unhighlight-all ()
231 "Deactivate all Global-Hl-Line overlays."
232 (mapc (lambda (ov)
233 (let ((ovb (overlay-buffer ov)))
234 (when (bufferp ovb)
235 (with-current-buffer ovb
236 (global-hl-line-unhighlight)))))
237 global-hl-line-overlays)
238 (setq global-hl-line-overlays nil))
240 (defun hl-line-move (overlay)
241 "Move the Hl-Line overlay.
242 If `hl-line-range-function' is non-nil, move the OVERLAY to the position
243 where the function returns. If `hl-line-range-function' is nil, fill
244 the line including the point by OVERLAY."
245 (let (tmp b e)
246 (if hl-line-range-function
247 (setq tmp (funcall hl-line-range-function)
248 b (car tmp)
249 e (cdr tmp))
250 (setq tmp t
251 b (line-beginning-position)
252 e (line-beginning-position 2)))
253 (if tmp
254 (move-overlay overlay b e)
255 (move-overlay overlay 1 1))))
257 (defun hl-line-unload-function ()
258 "Unload the Hl-Line library."
259 (global-hl-line-mode -1)
260 (save-current-buffer
261 (dolist (buffer (buffer-list))
262 (set-buffer buffer)
263 (when hl-line-mode (hl-line-mode -1))))
264 ;; continue standard unloading
265 nil)
267 (provide 'hl-line)
269 ;;; hl-line.el ends here