Re: Locating the cursor

Paul <Paul.Domaskis <at> gmail.com> writes:
|Ben Fritz <fritzophrenic <at> gmail.com> writes:
|>On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 10:15:43 PM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
|>>
|>> I don't suppose that some kind vim-script savvy soul could suggest
|>> how one might other windows from flashing, i.e., have only the
|>> window with the focus flash?
|>
|> You're relying on cursorline and cursorcolumn to "flash" the
|> location of your cursor, if I understand your script correctly.
|
| Yes, that's right.
|
|> Setting 'cursorline' and 'cursorcolumn' (the options) only affects
|> one window (the current one), but you can turn it on or off in
|> other windows as well, and the highlight will remain there when you
|> leave the window. But the CursorLine and CursorColumn highlight
|> groups affect the highlight in all windows.
|>
|> So, if you normally keep these options off, then by default you
|> will only flash the active window.
|>
|> If, however, you have left the options on in other windows; then
|> no, there is not a way to change the highlight of the cursor in a
|> single window only.
|
| I think that my situation falls under the "unfortuantely" category.
| I often use cursorline & cursorcolumn in my vim subwindows.
|
| Thanks for letting me know.

Actually, if a kind soul can post a coding pattern to cycle through
the windows of the active tab, maybe one day I can bastardize it to
temporarily turn off cursorline & cursorcolumn in all other windows
while the window with the focus is flashed.

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