On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Tony Mechelynck <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On 26/09/11 16:03, Francesc Salvat-Pujol wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Ben Fritz <[email protected]
>> <mailto:fritzophrenic@gmail.**com <[email protected]>>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>    On Sep 25, 4:04 am, Francesc Salvat-Pujol <[email protected]
>>    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>     > Hi,
>>     >
>>     > When using the option "set number", is there a way of
>>    highlighting the
>>     > current line number with a color other than LineNr? Using "set
>>    cuc cul"
>>     > is too much.
>>     >
>>     > I am aware that the question has been asked before, i.e.
>>     >
>>     >
>>    http://groups.google.com/**group/vim_use/browse_thread/**
>> thread/90adce932.<http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use/browse_thread/thread/90adce932.>
>> ..
>>     >
>>     > or with slightly different approach:
>>     >
>>     >
>>    http://groups.google.com/**group/vim_use/browse_thread/**
>> thread/83fa20161.<http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use/browse_thread/thread/83fa20161.>
>> ..
>>     >
>>     > Unfortunately, none of these threads really offer a solution in the
>>     > sense described at the beginning of the mail.
>>     >
>>     > Any ideas?
>>     >
>>
>>    That second thread offers a method which will get you closer, but even
>>    using the signs feature, I don't think Vim can highlight a specific
>>    line number in the line number column, and only the line number column
>>    (i.e. not the line text).
>>
>>    Probably your best bet is to just set a cursorline highlight which is
>>    not too distracting and use that.
>>
>>
>> Uhum... Well, too bad.
>>
>> Thanks for the replies though.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Cesc
>>
>
> In gvim (where the Normal background is white) (and in 256-color consoles
> with the CSApprox.vim plugin) I use the following in my "almost-default"
> colorscheme, http://users.skynet.be/**antoine.mechelynck/vim/almost-**
> default.vim<http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/almost-default.vim>
>
>        hi clear CursorLine
>        hi CursorLine guibg=#F4F4F4
>        hi clear CursorColumn
>        hi link CursorColumn CursorLine
>
> which give me crosshairs in very light grey (95.7% grey), just enough to be
> visible, not enough to be distracting.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
> --
> "APL is a write-only language.  I can write programs in APL, but I
> can't read any of them."
>                -- Roy Keir
>

I'm actually using the terminal vim, but thx anyway. One day with some time
and courage I might try to checkout the vim source and see if it's really
that hard for a newbie to add a CurrentLineNr highlight group and print the
current line number in the corresponding color.

Thx for the tips,

Cesc

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