Is there a plugin or way for me to alternate the background color for each line in vim?
E.g.
Previously I'd found vim-zebra but this looks really ugly:
I'd prefer the whole line to be colored, not just a part of it.
1 Answer
It is possible using my plugin DynamicSigns. Quoting from the README:
2.7 Alternating colors
You can also set up the plugin to color the lines in your buffer in alternating colors. To do so, set the g:Signs_Alternate variable in your |.vimrc| like this:
:let g:Signs_Alternate = 1This will display each even line nummer in one color and each odd line number in a different color.
Run :UpdateSigns or :Signs to update displaying the signs in your buffer.
answered Nov 4, 2016 at 9:46
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I was trying to come up with a solution but couldn't find a clever way to define my syntax group. In your plugin I've found where you define the highlighting of the
LineOddandLineEvengroups but I couldn't find where you define theses groups patterns (with asyntax matchor similar function) would you mind pointing me out to this place?– statoxCommented Nov 4, 2016 at 10:04 -
@statox, if you want to color the whole line even further than its contents, you need to use signs. Therefore, there is no syntax rule involed in that plugin but it uses only signs. Commented Nov 4, 2016 at 10:06
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@ChristianBrabandt Oh I see, I'm not familiar with the signs I'll study your code to understand it better :-)– statoxCommented Nov 4, 2016 at 10:07
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@ChristianBrabandt Okay. It was this part that can be interpreted wrongly, then: "This will display each even line nummer in one color and each odd line number in a different color." Maybe it could be changed to something like: "This will display each evenly numbered line in one color..."?– RichCommented Nov 4, 2016 at 10:08
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Can I make it alternate the gutter too? SignColumn?– user9024Commented Nov 4, 2016 at 18:02
airline/powerlinemanage to color entire lines.:highlight command. The default is:hi Zebra ctermbg=green guibg=green