;; You probably don't really want this; if the cursor is difficult to
;; spot, try changing its colour, relying on `blink-cursor-mode' or
-;; both. The hookery used might affect repsonse noticeably on a slow
+;; both. The hookery used might affect response noticeably on a slow
;; machine.
;; An overlay is used, active only on the selected window. Hooks are
;; `hl-line-highlight', on `post-command-hook', activates it again
;; across the window width.
+;; You could make variable `hl-line-mode' buffer-local to avoid
+;; highlighting specific buffers.
+
;;; Code:
(defgroup hl-line nil
:group 'hl-line)
(defvar hl-line-overlay nil)
-(make-variable-buffer-local 'hl-line-overlay)
(defun hl-line-highlight ()
"Active the Hl-Line overlay on the current line in the current window.
\(Unless it's a minibuffer window.)"
- (unless (window-minibuffer-p (selected-window)) ; silly in minibuffer
- (unless hl-line-overlay ; new overlay for this buffer
- (setq hl-line-overlay (make-overlay 1 1)) ; to be moved
- (overlay-put hl-line-overlay 'face hl-line-face))
- (overlay-put hl-line-overlay 'window (selected-window))
- (move-overlay hl-line-overlay
- (line-beginning-position) (1+ (line-end-position)))))
+ (when hl-line-mode ; Could be made buffer-local.
+ (unless (window-minibuffer-p (selected-window)) ; silly in minibuffer
+ (unless hl-line-overlay
+ (setq hl-line-overlay (make-overlay 1 1)) ; to be moved
+ (overlay-put hl-line-overlay 'face hl-line-face))
+ (overlay-put hl-line-overlay 'window (selected-window))
+ (move-overlay hl-line-overlay
+ (line-beginning-position) (1+ (line-end-position))
+ (current-buffer)))))
(defun hl-line-unhighlight ()
"Deactivate the Hl-Line overlay on the current line in the current window."