trapd00r/currentline.vim

currentline.vim

A Vim plugin which highlights the current line by defining a new highlight group CurrentLine.

Use cases:

• Lost in the code; where's my cursor, where am I, hello
• Mark pen; Highlight an interesting line while doing something else so you don't forget it

Subsequent calls will toggle the highlight:

• Remove the highlighting if called when the cursor is on an already highlighted line
• Add new highlighting if called when the cursor is on a non-highlighted line

Installation

Throw the plugin into your $VIMRUNTIME/plugin directory, i.e ~/.vim/plugin/.

Configuration

Mappings

No mappings defined by default; play nice.

Here's how you can add a mapping that will toggle like described above:

nnoremap <silent> <leader>hl :call HighlightCurrentLine('♥')<cr>

Colors

These are the default colors, but you're expected to set it up to your own liking in your vimrc:

highlight CurrentLine
  \ term=bolditalic
  \ ctermbg=184 ctermfg=bg cterm=bolditalic
  \ guibg=#1d7d70 guifg=bg gui=bold

Screenshot

In the screenshot above you can see that Line 5 is highlighted with the CurrentLine highlight group.