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1;;; hl-line.el --- highlight the current line
2
23db85ff 3;; Copyright (C) 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5;; Author: Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
6;; Created: 1998-09-13
3a850efa 7;; Keywords: faces, frames, emulation
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9;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
10
11;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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12;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
13;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
14;; any later version.
15
643c911e 16;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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17;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
18;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
19;; GNU General Public License for more details.
20
21;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
22;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
23;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
24;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
25
26;;; Commentary:
27
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28;; Provides a buffer-local minor mode (toggled by M-x hl-line-mode)
29;; and a global minor mode (toggled by M-x global-hl-line-mode) to
30;; highlight, on a suitable terminal, the line on which point is. The
31;; global mode highlights the current line in the selected window only
32;; (except when the minibuffer window is selected). This was
33;; implemented to satisfy a request for a feature of Lesser Editors.
34;; The local mode is sticky: it highlights the line about the buffer's
35;; point even if the buffer's window is not selected. Caveat: the
36;; buffer's point might be different from the point of a non-selected
37;; window. Set the variable `hl-line-sticky-flag' to nil to make the
38;; local mode behave like the global mode.
39
40;; You probably don't really want to use the global mode; if the
41;; cursor is difficult to spot, try changing its colour, relying on
42;; `blink-cursor-mode' or both. The hookery used might affect
43;; response noticeably on a slow machine. The local mode may be
44;; useful in non-editing buffers such as Gnus or PCL-CVS though.
45
46;; An overlay is used. In the non-sticky cases, this overlay is
47;; active only on the selected window. A hook is added to
48;; `post-command-hook' to activate the overlay and move it to the line
49;; about point. To get the non-sticky behavior, `hl-line-unhighlight'
50;; is added to `pre-command-hook' as well. This function deactivates
51;; the overlay unconditionally in case the command changes the
52;; selected window. (It does so rather than keeping track of changes
53;; in the selected window).
54
55;; You could make variable `global-hl-line-mode' buffer-local and set
56;; it to nil to avoid highlighting specific buffers, when the global
57;; mode is used.
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58
59;;; Code:
60
61(defgroup hl-line nil
99f2fb1f 62 "Highlight the current line."
eee06d26 63 :version "21.1"
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64 :group 'editing)
65
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66(defcustom hl-line-face 'highlight
67 "Face with which to highlight the current line."
68 :type 'face
69 :group 'hl-line)
70
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71(defcustom hl-line-sticky-flag t
72 "*Non-nil means highlight the current line in all windows.
73Otherwise Hl-Line mode will highlight only in the selected
74window. Setting this variable takes effect the next time you use
75the command `hl-line-mode' to turn Hl-Line mode on."
76 :type 'boolean
77 :version "21.4"
78 :group 'hl-line)
79
80(defvar hl-line-overlay nil
81 "Overlay used by Hl-Line mode to highlight the current line.")
82(make-variable-buffer-local 'hl-line-overlay)
83
84(defvar global-hl-line-overlay nil
85 "Overlay used by Global-Hl-Line mode to highlight the current line.")
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ceafc2fa 87;;;###autoload
3a850efa 88(define-minor-mode hl-line-mode
23db85ff 89 "Buffer-local minor mode to highlight the line about point.
798330fe 90With ARG, turn Hl-Line mode on if ARG is positive, off otherwise.
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92If `hl-line-sticky-flag' is non-nil, Hl-Line mode highlights the
93line about the buffer's point in all windows. Caveat: the
94buffer's point might be different from the point of a
95non-selected window. Hl-Line mode uses the function
96`hl-line-highlight' on `post-command-hook' in this case.
97
98When `hl-line-sticky-flag' is nil, Hl-Line mode highlights the
99line about point in the selected window only. In this case, it
100uses the function `hl-line-unhighlight' on `pre-command-hook' in
101addition to `hl-line-highlight' on `post-command-hook'."
08ead67b 102 nil nil nil
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103 (if hl-line-mode
104 (progn
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105 ;; In case `kill-all-local-variables' is called.
106 (add-hook 'change-major-mode-hook #'hl-line-unhighlight nil t)
107 (if hl-line-sticky-flag
108 (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook #'hl-line-unhighlight t)
109 (add-hook 'pre-command-hook #'hl-line-unhighlight nil t))
110 (hl-line-highlight)
9df382fe 111 (add-hook 'post-command-hook #'hl-line-highlight nil t))
23db85ff 112 (remove-hook 'post-command-hook #'hl-line-highlight t)
3a850efa 113 (hl-line-unhighlight)
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114 (remove-hook 'change-major-mode-hook #'hl-line-unhighlight t)
115 (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook #'hl-line-unhighlight t)))
b184b2dd 116
57e46f94 117(defun hl-line-highlight ()
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118 "Active the Hl-Line overlay on the current line."
119 (if hl-line-mode ; Might be changed outside the mode function.
120 (progn
121 (unless hl-line-overlay
122 (setq hl-line-overlay (make-overlay 1 1)) ; to be moved
123 (overlay-put hl-line-overlay 'face hl-line-face))
124 (overlay-put hl-line-overlay
125 'window (unless hl-line-sticky-flag (selected-window)))
126 (move-overlay hl-line-overlay
733b241e 127 (line-beginning-position) (line-beginning-position 2)))
23db85ff 128 (hl-line-unhighlight)))
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129
130(defun hl-line-unhighlight ()
23db85ff 131 "Deactivate the Hl-Line overlay on the current line."
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132 (if hl-line-overlay
133 (delete-overlay hl-line-overlay)))
134
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135;;;###autoload
136(define-minor-mode global-hl-line-mode
137 "Global minor mode to highlight the line about point in the current window.
138With ARG, turn Global-Hl-Line mode on if ARG is positive, off otherwise.
139
140Global-Hl-Line mode uses the functions `global-hl-line-unhighlight' and
141`global-hl-line-highlight' on `pre-command-hook' and `post-command-hook'."
142 :global t
143 :group 'hl-line
144 (if global-hl-line-mode
145 (progn
146 (add-hook 'pre-command-hook #'global-hl-line-unhighlight)
147 (add-hook 'post-command-hook #'global-hl-line-highlight))
148 (global-hl-line-unhighlight)
149 (remove-hook 'pre-command-hook #'global-hl-line-unhighlight)
150 (remove-hook 'post-command-hook #'global-hl-line-highlight)))
151
152(defun global-hl-line-highlight ()
153 "Active the Global-Hl-Line overlay on the current line in the current window."
154 (when global-hl-line-mode ; Might be changed outside the mode function.
155 (unless (window-minibuffer-p (selected-window))
156 (unless global-hl-line-overlay
157 (setq global-hl-line-overlay (make-overlay 1 1)) ; to be moved
158 (overlay-put global-hl-line-overlay 'face hl-line-face))
159 (overlay-put global-hl-line-overlay 'window (selected-window))
160 (move-overlay global-hl-line-overlay
733b241e 161 (line-beginning-position) (line-beginning-position 2)))))
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162
163(defun global-hl-line-unhighlight ()
164 "Deactivate the Global-Hl-Line overlay on the current line."
165 (if global-hl-line-overlay
166 (delete-overlay global-hl-line-overlay)))
167
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168(provide 'hl-line)
169
ab5796a9 170;;; arch-tag: ac806940-0876-4959-8c89-947563ee2833
798330fe 171;;; hl-line.el ends here