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2007-07-20 12:35 - Highlighting the current line & column in VIM
It's already in the VIM help file, but I never found it until now. To highlight the current row/line and the current column use this in your .vimrc:
au WinLeave * set nocursorline nocursorcolumn
au WinEnter * set cursorline cursorcolumn
set cursorline cursorcolumn
I found this quite useful while programming. Eclipse has a similar feature; when I got used to that I started missing it in VIM. Until now that is :)
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Thanks for letting me know. It only works after switching windows. I've updated the post by adding:
set cursorline cursorcolumn
If you add that to your vimrc I'm sure it'll work - it does here.
by Sybren Stüvel - 1 year, 4 months ago.
Yep. In fact, that's what I ended up doing, except sans the bit about the column. Not sure I need that.
by - 1 year, 4 months ago.
Here is also doesn't seem to work - I get the horizontal line, but no vertical line! I've got all three lines in my ~/.vimrc.
by - 9 months, 3 weeks ago.
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Doesn't seem to work here...strangely.
by Mike - 1 year, 4 months ago.