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created June 22, 2008 · complexity basic · author Dominiko · version 7.0
You can show the syntax highlight group where the cursor is located in your statusbar. This is especially useful when tweaking a color theme.
First define a function which returns the highlight group syntax under the cursor:
function! SyntaxItem()
return synIDattr(synID(line("."),col("."),1),"name")
endfunction
Then insert into your statusline a call to function SyntaxItem:
set statusline+=%{SyntaxItem()}
Here is a complete example showing the syntax highlight group among other things:
if has('statusline')
set statusline=%#Question# " set highlighting
set statusline+=%-2.2n\ " buffer number
set statusline+=%#WarningMsg# " set highlighting
set statusline+=%f\ " file name
set statusline+=%#Question# " set highlighting
set statusline+=%h%m%r%w\ " flags
set statusline+=%{strlen(&ft)?&ft:'none'}, " file type
set statusline+=%{(&fenc==\"\"?&enc:&fenc)}, " encoding
set statusline+=%{((exists(\"+bomb\")\ &&\ &bomb)?\"B,\":\"\")} " BOM
set statusline+=%{&fileformat}, " file format
set statusline+=%{&spelllang}, " language of spelling checker
set statusline+=%{SyntaxItem()} " syntax highlight group under cursor
set statusline+=%= " ident to the right
set statusline+=0x%-8B\ " character code under cursor
set statusline+=%-7.(%l,%c%V%)\ %<%P " cursor position/offset
endif
Here is a screenshot example.