Highlight cursor line after cursor jump

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created November 7, 2006 · complexity basic · author pulp · version n/a

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Use this code to highlight the cursor line after a jump. This makes it easy to spot the new cursor position. The highlight will be removed automatically.

function s:Cursor_Moved()
  let cur_pos= winline ('.')
  if g:last_pos==0
    set cul
    let g:last_pos=cur_pos
    return
  endif
  let diff= g:last_pos - cur_pos
  if diff > 1 || diff < -1
    set cul
  else
    set nocul
  endif
  let g:last_pos=cur_pos
endfunction
autocmd CursorMoved,CursorMovedI * call s:Cursor_Moved()
let g:last_pos=0

Comments

I think it should be better this way:

if diff >= 1 || diff <= -1

instead of

if diff > 1 || diff < -1

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If you still want to be able to manually set the cursor line:

In your autocmd section:
let g:manual_cursor=0

Create a mapping to manually toggle the cursorline and set a global var for the function to check:
nnoremap <silent> <LocalLeader>tc :set invcul cul?<CR>:let g:manual_cursor=&cul


In the function definition:
if g:cursor_manual
  return
endif

Then, '\tc' in normal mode allows you to toggle a persistent or transient cursorline ( where 'tc' is a mnemonic for "toggle cursor").