Re: syntax highlighting for empty lines

On Mo, 17 Nov 2014, Ben Fritz wrote:

> On Saturday, November 15, 2014 4:15:32 PM UTC-6, Jacky Alciné wrote:
> > The effect is for programming, it's meant to not be intrustive and be more of an auxiliary kind of thing. With good syntax highlighting and a good color scheme, it's the best.
> >
>
> The OP wants a solid background color line if the line is empty.
>
> You cannot possibly achieve this with list mode.
>
> The only way to highlight an entire empty line, is to place a sign defined with linehl used to define a background color.
>
> This sign will move around as the line moves around (good) but you must place it manually or write your own script to do it on cursorhold or something. It's possible there is an existing plugin but I don't know of one.

My DynamicSigns plugin (https://github.com/chrisbra/DynamicSigns) can do
this:

:SignExpression getline(v:lnum)!~#'.'?'Line':0

(which means, use the 'Line' sign for highlighting empty lines.)

Best,
Christian
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