Questions tagged [highlighting]
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When I use helpgrep, how can I highlight my search results?
I'm using :helpg session in my Vim.
I would like to highlight the pattern in the results like :set hls does for normal search.
Is there a way to do this?
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How to get the highlight group of the word under the cursor in Neovim with Treesitter installed?
Ok folks, I've tried all these duplicates:
How to know which highlighting group is used for the background of a word?
How to identify the highlight groups in use on a particular character?
How to ...
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How can I check whether the user has defined a highlight group before Vim 8.2.3917
With this question I've learned of the existence of hlget and hlID, which I use in a plugin of mine like this:
if empty(hlget('SoftWrapHighlightGroup'))
" do stuff
endif
However, those ...
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How do I let the user of my plugin customize a custom highlight group I define?
In this plugin for (soft-)wrapping only the current line, I have defined a highlight group, au ColorScheme * hi SoftWrapHighlightGroup ctermbg=NONE ctermfg=NONE, which I use here as an argument to a ...
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Upgraded my mac OS and now the vim colors are different. Is there an easy way for me to change the default syntax?
I upgraded my mac to Catalina and now the vim syntax looks all off to me. I am sure that strings used to be red, and I think that def used to be turquoise and import was pink. Is there a simple way ...
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markdown code block in a specific color
I would like to highlight a code block per instance completely in yellow.
ˋˋˋyellow
here is everything printed yellow
ˋˋˋ
ˋˋˋgreen
and here is everything green
ˋˋˋ
How can I achieve this?
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Generate relatively unique "cache filename" for given file path (like swap files do)
For each filename, Vim generates (relatively) unique filename for it's swap cache directory.
Let's say I would like to store some information for each file (like swap files do), e.g. with :
silent ...
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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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Persistent highlighting of a passage in Vim
I use Vim for presentations and note-taking.
I would like to be able to highlight a portion of text in a buffer , split the window, go to the bottom of the buffer, and carry on typing the notes, ...
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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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Help writing simple syntax file for line specific matches
I would appreciate some help writing a simple syntax file. I have files with the following header:
Job Number: 20030003 Date: October 28, 2020 Time: 01:36:00
Vessel: Enterprise
Client: Shell ...
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Disable highlighting in location list in vim
I've found many questions about disabling search highlighting in vim, but couldn't find the way to disable highlighting in location list.
As you can see, yellow highlighting is shown on the first ...
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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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How to highlight search with / and ? but not * and # vim
Is there any way to have vim highlight the search with / and ? but not when putting cursor on a word and pressing * or #?
:set hlsearch and :set nohlsearch turn it on and off for both.
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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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Highlight search phrase within quickfix window listing
One can change the search color of search terms with the Search highlight scheme.
Similarly one can change the color of a line in the quickfix window with QuickFixLine.
However, how does one change ...
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Highlight color columns on top of folds (not below)
I'm highlighting folds and color columns in colors different from the background and from each other. Here's an excerpt of my vimrc with all (potentially) relevant lines:
" ~/.vimrc
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" Folding ...
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