Re: Set different highlighting for Search versus current quickfix error

Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> On 05/09/13 01:12, Paul wrote:
>> On Wednesday, September 4, 2013 6:44:24 PM UTC-4, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
>>> On 04/09/13 23:51, Paul wrote:
>>>> The GUI highlighting for the current quickfix item seems to be the
>>>> same as whatever I set the Search group to. Is there a way to have
>>>> a different guibg color?
>>>
>>> ...With me it doesn't: I just did a :helpgrep, and the current quickfix
>>> item didn't get _any_ highlighting: with the cursor on it,
>>>
>>> :echomsg synIDattr(synID(line("."),col("."),0),"name")
>>> synIDattr(synIDtrans(synID(line("."),col("."),0)),"name")
>>> synIDattr(synID(line("."),col("."),1),"name")
>>> synIDattr(synIDtrans(synID(line("."),col("."),1)),"name")
>>>
>>> ...didn't display anything. Or if it did, it was because there was
>>> some highlighted syntax item (such as between |bars|) just under the
>>> cursor.
>>>
>>> I'm using gvim 7.4.16 (Huge) with GTK2/GNOME2 GUI.
>>
>> I'm using vim 7.3 on Windows 7. When I issue:
>>
>> :echomsg synIDattr(synID(line("."),col("."),0),"name")
>> :echomsg synIDattr(synIDtrans(synID(line("."),col("."),0)),"name")
>> :echomsg synIDattr(synID(line("."),col("."),1),"name")
>> :echomsg synIDattr(synIDtrans(synID(line("."),col("."),1)),"name")
>>
>> I get:
>>
>> qfFileName
>> Directory
>> qfFileName
>> Directory
>>
>> It's interesting that you don't see the current quickfix item
>> highlighted. I thought that maybe I set something to turn on
>> quickfix highlighting, but I can't seem to find the switch. I
>> searched the web and the quickfix help to see if quickfix is
>> *suppose* to highlight the current item by default, but didn't find
>> indications of that either.
>>
>
> I get the same as you do if I do :copen first. What I referred to was
> the current quickfix item as found _in the text_ by :cnext, with no
> quickfix window actually open.
>
> I see this item as blue on white, and doing ":verbose hi qfFileName"
> in the quickfix window gives
>
> qfFileName xxx links to Directory
> Last set from /usr/local/share/vim/vim74/syntax/qf.vim
>
> The Search highlight, OTOH, is black on yellow. Not at all the same
> thing for me, which makes me ask: Which colorscheme are you using?
>
> To link qfFileName to something else, or to define specific colours
> for it, just use a new or modified colorscheme.
>
> To modify a colorscheme, first copy it to ~/.vim/colors/ (for *x
> systems) or to ~/vimfiles/colors (for Windows), change its name, and
> modify it there (including setting g:colors_name to the new name);
> then alter the calling line so that it calls the new name. It is not
> possible to invoke colorschemes recursively (or at least, I tried and
> didn't succeed).
Sorry, Tony -- I need to differ with you on this.

syntax/qf.vim is a syntax file; it is not a colorscheme, and it is
unnecessary to modify or alter any colorschemes.

Instead, if you wish to override qfFileName, etc, put your alterations into

$HOME/after/syntax/qf.vim

Therein, you may put things such as

hi link qfFileName Special
hi qfSeparator guifg=SeaGreen1 guibg=orange3

Doing so will override syntax/qf.vim's selection of default colors.

Regards,
Chip Campbell

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