vim-halo

Highlight the cursor by putting blinking shapes around it.

By default, the shape is a halo and the cursor blinks three times. This can be used to quickly find the cursor after switching buffers etc. Moving the cursor will stop the blinking immediately.

Usage

There is only one function halo#run(), which takes one optional argument, a dictionary.

The dictionary takes up to 3 keys:

• hlgroup: Highlight group as string. Default is Halo which links to IncSearch.
• shape: Shape as a string. Can by any of halo1, halo2, cross1, cross2, cross2halo1, rectangle2, or line. Default is halo1.
• intervals: A list of numbers. Calling halo#run() immediately shows a visual highlight. The numbers denote the alternating times visual highlights are shown and hidden. Thus an odd number of elements is sensible. Given an even number, the last element is ignored. Default is [100,100,100,100,100].

:call halo#run()
:call halo#run({'shape': 'cross2halo1'})
:call halo#run({'intervals': [100, 300, 600, 300, 100]})
:call halo#run({'intervals': [200,200,200], 'hlgroup': 'IncSearch'})

Examples

Every time you change buffers:

autocmd BufEnter * call halo#run()

When navigating the quickfix or location list:

nnoremap [q  :cprevious \| call halo#run()<cr>
nnoremap ]q  :cnext \| call halo#run()<cr>
nnoremap [Q  :cfirst \| call halo#run()<cr>
nnoremap ]Q  :clast \| call halo#run()<cr>

nnoremap [l  :lprevious \| call halo#run()<cr>
nnoremap ]l  :lnext \| call halo#run()<cr>
nnoremap [L  :lfirst \| call halo#run()<cr>
nnoremap ]L  :llast \| call halo#run()<cr>

Use colors from another highlight group:

highlight link Halo Search

Or define your own colors:

highlight Halo guifg=white guibg=#F92672 ctermfg=white ctermbg=197

Disclaimer

Only the line shape works works with wrapped lines!