Questions tagged [text-properties]
Properties that can be attached to text in a buffer and that will move with the text. Mainly used to highlight text and thus they can be used as a replacement for syntax highlighting.
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When should I prefer text-propeties to pattern-matching for highlighting?
What are text-properties for?
I've gone through some of :help text-properties.
I guess the key is here
The main use for text properties is to highlight text. This can be seen as a
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How to obtain the virtual text in a text property?
I am writing tests for a small plugin which adds text properties with virtual text to a buffer.
I want to check what a text property's virtual text is on a given line. Failing that, I would like to ...
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How do I sort lines based on a text property?
I would like to tag lines with a certain text property and then sort all lines with that text property to come to the top. How can I sort based on having a text property rather than a pattern match?
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