created by

David Larson

script type

utility

description

This plugin gives you the capability to mark up your files as if you had a highlighter. It's a really useful aid for inspecting log files and marking important sections in source code and documents (even vim help files). The highlights are remembered, even after you close the file. You can also distribute the marks so others can see the highlights you've made. There are a number of different highlighters available for use. (NOTE: you will probably want to create mappings for these commands) :WordHighlighter Highlight the word under the cursor :SelectionHighlighter Highlight the current selection. A visual mapping for this command is recommended. :SearchPatternHighlighter Highlight the current search pattern. :ClearAllHighlighters Clear all highlights made in this file. :ClearCurrentHighligher Clear the Highlighter under the cursor :ConfigureHighlighter Open the configure window. From here you can configure how the highlighter colors are determined - randomized, use a favorite color, etc. Look under Plugin->Highlighter for more options. The highlighter only works with gvim and 'syntax' must be on.  Also, the terminal must support vim colors in the format #rrggbb. Comments/suggestions/complaints are gladly taken.

install details

Drop into ~/.vim/plugin, then read the opening comments in ~/.vim/plugin/highlighter.vim.

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
highlighter.vim	1.5	2007-08-13	6.0	David Larson	This version no longer adds "a" to guioptions, it can have bad effects on windows machines. Thanks to Cristian Ioneci and Stefano Piccardi for pointing it out. Changed how the selected text is determined.
highlighter.vim	1.4	2007-08-10	7.0	David Larson	Highlighter settings were not restored properly on windows systems. Thanks to James Marshall for discovering the problem.
highlighter.vim	1.3	2007-08-09	7.0	David Larson	The Selection Highlighter pen didn't work in some environments. Thanks to James Marshall for finding this problem. Fixed it by adding 'a' to 'guioptions'.

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