created by

Richard Bentley-Green

script type

utility

description

INTRODUCTION SelX provides additional selection/highlighting/search functions that operate in a very similar way to the standard '*' (and similar) key mappings and the standard '/' (and similar) command line search operations; the difference is that multiple, multi-coloured highlights are supported, operating on a per-tab basis The selection/highlight selections can also (optionally) be saved as part of a vim session. This is also supported by my SessX plugin - vimscript #5874 SelX is intended to complement rather then replace the standard vim selection/search highlight facility NOTE: This may well work for vim versions prior to 7 - I haven't tried it though HIGHLIGHT USAGE MAP In order to keep track of which selections/highlights are set, a Highlight Usage Map is automatically displayed on the in-focus window's status line. This Highlight Usage Map looks something like the following;-   [ 1 | 2 | 3 |   |   | 6 |^  |   |   ] The Map has an entry for each of the available SelX highlight colours (in reality, the map entries are appropriately coloured) If a particular highlight is not set then it is shown with just its colour (for example, numbers 4 and 5) If a particular highlight is set then it is shown with its number (for example, numbers 1, 2 and 3) The '^' is always displayed and points to the next highlight that will be used when the auto-selection command is used MAPPINGS There are several mappings/commands for selecting/highlighting and searching for a specific selection which mirror the normal '*' (and other) mappings and command line '/' and '?' commands There are also some optional mappings that enhance (depending on your point of view) the standard vim highlight/search operation

install details

Un-tar into ~/.vim/bundle/ as usual and read the README file for setup and config options Note that there is some initial setup required to integrate this into your vim installation

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
selx.tar.gz	01/05/20	2020-05-01	7.0	Richard Bentley-Green	Added :SelXList command to print details of active selections/highlights
selx.tar.gz	27/04/20	2020-04-28	7.0	Richard Bentley-Green	Added 'default' to setting StatusMsg colour. Without this, colour override would be hit-and-miss Removed a stray mapping for '*' from autoload/selx.vim - oops!
selx.tar.gz	26/04/20	2020-04-27	7.0	Richard Bentley-Green	Documentation improvements. Minor functional changes - nothing serious, but worth having See version information at bottom of README for full details
selx.tar.gz	25/04/20	2020-04-25	7.0	Richard Bentley-Green	Documentation improvements. Improved control over mappings. Corrected one use of 'normal' to 'normal!'

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