Questions tagged [highlight]
Adding highlighting to the document other than syntax highlighting (such as hlsearch or :match)
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vim highlighting: only overwrite background, not foreground color
I have highlighted keywords and characters in bold and in different fg colours (with syn match). When I create an area highlight (e.g. between [ ] or ( )) the character and keyword highlighting is ...
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Cannot get rid of persisting highlighting
I switched from macos to linux and have spontaneous highlighting in my document. I tried to get rid of it by doing the following command without success:
hi clear
no syntax
nohlsearch
noh
The ...
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different highlight if a certain highlight is on
I'm writing a function to highlight current word, but on commented out lines, I want a different highlight to apply.
Example:
Notice how the word exists is highlighed, but on a grey commented out ...
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stash and restore highlight colors with lua and neovim
I would like to toggle an option and with it the highlight color of Whitespace.
Before setting the color with vim.api.nvim_command("hi Whitespace guifg=#ff0000") I would like to stash the ...
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How to put sync region start=<this> into a variable?
I have the following code:
com! -nargs=* ShFoldFunctions <args> fold
ShFoldFunctions syn region shFunctionOne start="^\s*[A-Za-z_0-9:,][-a-zA-Z_0-9:]*\s*()\_s*{" end="}&...
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Highlight word under cursor for Go channel
I use this code to highlight:
autocmd CursorMoved * exe printf('match IncSearch /\V\<%s\>/', escape(expand('<cword>'), '/\'))
But it fail for <-done in Go:
:verbose set isk returns
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Highlight groups stop working after sourcing vimrc
I'm working on a todo plugin for Neovim, using the remote plugin API.
I set highlight groups and matching patterns in my script, and then register it with call remote#host#RegisterPlugin. When Neovim ...
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Color a call append(line)
I have cowfortune showing up at startup and I want to color it. How do I color the call append() line? I saw some things with signs but I didn't really get it to work.
enew
setlocal
\ bufhidden=...
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Is there a way to use matchadd() to highlight multiple lines without highlighting newlines?
Suppose I have this in a text buffer (vim --clean mydoc.txt):
One
Two
Three
Four
I highlight all lines using :call matchadd('ErrorMsg', '.*'), resulting in:
Notice that the newline character on each ...
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Highlight Unicode Characters
Is it possible to highlight unicode characters?
When I copy/paste a code sample I sometimes run into problems because the website uses ‐, ‑, ‒ or – instead of - or some other characters that are hard ...
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How to highlight around of current line in Vim? [closed]
I want to highlight around of current line in Vim like VSCode.
Edit: I want to highlight up, left, down, and right of current line.
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Can you call highlight more than once? Need different colors for different matches
I am working with text files and Goyo. I'd like to highlight two different kinds of notes delimited by brackets (one called "NOTE:" and the other "TODO:") in different colors.
I ...
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How do you change the background color for only one window?
I have tried ownsyntax but that does not work. I want do change the background color for only one window? I have tried this but it highlights all the windows.
hi Normal guibg=grey guifg=black
It ...
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Non-regex complex color; is that possible in vim?
Is it possible to do more complex coloring than using regexes in Vim? I'm interested in implementing a feature in vim-flog where a commit and all its ancestors would be colored. That means the exact ...
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Which highlight group is responsible for the confirmation dialog?
If I have set confirm, Vim will show a confirmation dialog if I attempt to quit Vim when there are unsaved changes:
Which highlight group is responsible for the colors of the text in the confirmation ...
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How to use different rules for highlighting trailing whitespace inside a gitcommit diff
In my ~/.vimrc, I have:
highlight TrailingWhitespace ctermbg=blue
autocmd BufReadPost * syn match TrailingWhitespace /\s\+\%#\@<!$/
This highlights trailing spaces, except when I am still typing ...
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Is it possible to detect a highlighted search match with synIDattr() or similar?
When I have hlsearch on and my cursor is somewhere in a highlighted search match, is it possible to detect the search highlight hl-Search with synIDattr() or a similar function?
As far as I can tell ...
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Is it possible to override the filetype of a text file based on the first line?
I have some specifically formatted text files that I'd like to detect when I start vim. When I load these files now, the filetype is automatically set to text. I only want to override that if the ...
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Show all instances of a certain string
I use * and # for quick and basic typo checking.
If I type AVeryLongVariableName, I can put my cursor on the word, press * and see all the other places that word is used. I know I spelled it correctly....
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How to highlight cursor line number without cursor line?
I want the cursor line number to have a different color than the rest of numbers with cursorline disabled.
Sadly CursorLineNR is only active if set cursorline. I could do set cursorline followed by hi ...
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Print bound autocmds to a file
I would like to print all of my current autocmds to a file so that I can grep through and do further analysis.
From within vim, the list of autocmds can be found with :autocmd, but this prints to a ...
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How to check what of highlight is the word on cursor?
I found this article,
How to know which highlighting group is used for the background of a word?
however, it prints out something not what I look for.
It prints out like
VimCommand
VimOption
...
but ...
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How do you highlight text surrounded by double equals
I'm using vimwiki plugin with markdown. I'd like to highlight text using double equals, which isn't standard, but is quite useful. Ideally, this should replace background (for instance, yellow) and ...
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How to get highlight style used for the text under cursor? [duplicate]
There is some text under my cursor that specific highlight is used. I do not know which highlight is that. I can type :highlight and randomly guess which could that be. Is there a method to just place ...
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Persistent highlighting (not affected by cursor movement) of selected lines?
I would like to highlight or color certain lines to mark them visually, and then move around freely in the file without affecting the selection. Is there a way of doing this? I know I can do 'v' to ...
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Highlighting the matching pair of a character changes the foreground color of Cursor
I'm using Vim 8.2 on Fedora 32. I have the following lines in ~/.vimrc for highlighting the Cursor, lCursor, CursorLine, and MatchParen highlight groups:
highlight Cursor guibg=Green guifg=Black
...
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Set Background for Lines after EOF
I am trying to get transparency on DWM to work by setting the background color in vim to NONE.
highlight Normal guibg=NONE ctermbg=NONE
This works fine unless I have files that contain not enough ...
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Turning the `match` command on and off
I found this useful setting form this post, which highlights trailing whitespaces :
highlight ExtraWhitespace ctermbg=grey guibg=grey
noremap <F10> :match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/<CR>
This ...
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How to highlight text between two delimiters / tags?
How do I highlight the block of text between two delimiters / tags / "surroundings"?
(e.g., between matching parentheses ()s, quotes "", html tags (div../div), etc.)
(Or maybe how ...
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How to fix unreadable highlighted text during search?
This is an example of how highlighted text looks in my vim:
In the color scheme I am using (/usr/share/vim/vim82/colors/peachpuff.vim) the color is defined like this:
hi Search term=reverse ctermbg=3 ...
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How to perform an action on search matches?
How can I visually select all text highlighted by a search in order to run a command on it? And if it's possible, how can I capitalize the selection?
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incsearch not working as expected
So I have the following example text:
##1##
many text
and lines
##z##
##1##
many text
and lines
##z##
##2##
more text
##z##
And after doing :set incsearch, and running :g/^##1##\n.*/+,/##z##/- (which ...
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Is there some way to retrieve/redisplay :echon output?
I want to create a multi-color enabled debug-print command. As far I know, the only way to print multi-color messages in Vim is:
echohl Macro | echon "Hi" | echohl Statement |
\ echon &...
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Persistent tag highlights when changing between buffers
I've put following code in my vimrc.
function ExtraHighlights()
let list = taglist('.*')
for item in list
if item.kind == 's' || item.kind == 't' || item.kind == 'u' || item.kind == 'g'...
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Vimdiff : highlight line numbers differently
I use relative line numbers thanx to the following settings in my vimrc:
set number
set relativenumber
Since I don't want to wrap lines in diff mode, it's sometimes hard to tell which line include a ...
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No highlighting for replacement text using conceal
I just discovered Vim's conceal feature.
I've added the following to ~/.vim/after/syntax/haskell.vim:
syntax match haskOperator "->" conceal cchar=→
syntax match haskOperator "<-" conceal ...
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How do I turn of the 'haze' when highlighting black?
I have put this in my .vimrc
highlight IgnoreGroup ctermbg=Black ctermfg=White
let m = matchadd("IgnoreGroup", '\\todo{.\{-}}')
This gives me the following result:
Note that the \todo{stuff} ...
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Highlight group in `.vim/after/ftplugin` not highlighting patterns
While highlight group in .vimrc highlights patterns just fine, highlight groups in .vim/after/ftplugin folder does not seem to do anything. Is it normal?
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Can't see tag “<>” braces due to highlight color same as braces in Windows terminal
I'm new to Vim and am having an issue with highlight color of matching braces in Vim.
if I type: <html> and my cursor is at the one of the <> greater/less-than brace then I can't see the ...
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Change match highlights on CmdlineLeave
Vim uses two different highlight groups for matching patterns while searching in the command-line with / or :substitute for example.
The incsearch group for the match under the cursor
The search ...
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Defining a color to be the same color of comments
I'm using the indentLine plugin to display line indents with a continuos vertical line, and I'd like to set the color of that line to the same color of my comments.
To get the foreground color of my ...
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Unwanted highlights on page scroll
I have a pretty similar problem as in this issue with some exceptions.
Basically, after I scroll page down or up Ctrl+d / Ctrl+u all non-empty lines get highlight from the end of the line to the ...
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How to highlight multiple words that are unrelated
I need to highlight multiple words that are unrelated, eg:
aaa bbb
ccc ddd
I would like to highlight aaa and ddd, and keep cursor at both of those words,
so when I try to change the word for example ...
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Is it possible to make “???” a keyword that can be highlighted?
Is it possible to make ??? (3 question marks) a keyword, and highlight it?
I have tried the following in a syntax file. Other strings on the line are highlighted, but not ???. \?\?\? does not work ...
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How to enable search highlight when I use `normal! n` in a function?
I've set hlsearch.
When I type :normal! n, the target text is highlighted.
But when I put normal! n in a function(Search) and call that function(:call Search()), the highlight doesn't take effect? ...
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Highlight group for signature help
I'm using Vim (v. 8.2) with YouCompleteMe as a code completion engine. I welcome the addition of signature help, but I'm not happy with the default colors:
Does anyone know what highlight group is ...
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Highlight results of :grep while in quickfix window
To my .vimrc I added a hook which automates entering the quickfix after :grep processing:
autocmd QuickFixCmdPost [^l]* nested cwindow 20
Another thing I care about but can't achieve is automation ...
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How to set colors for vim warnings about existing swap files
Is it possible to set color for the warning message "Swap file XXX already exists! ..."? I couldn't figure out which highlight group it belongs to.
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Can I apply individual colours from one highlight in another one?
I have an auto command that changes some color scheme values so I can avoid forking them when all I need is small changes:
augroup FixColorSchemes
autocmd!
autocmd ColorScheme *
\ ...
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How to disable highlighting for custom group
I'm using a tip from this page of the vim wiki to highlight trailing spaces when I'm not in insert mode :
highlight ExtraWhitespace ctermbg=red
match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/
autocmd BufWinEnter * ...
