hl-line-mode and visual-line-mode

hl-line-mode and visual-line-mode

[Titus von der Malsburg]

In visual-line-mode, global-hl-line-mode marks the whole paragraph
(the buffer line) instead of only the visual line.  This can be fixed
with this redefinition of hl-line-range-function:
  (defun visual-line-line-range ()    (save-excursion      (cons
(progn (vertical-motion 0) (point))            (progn (vertical-motion
1) (point)))))

   (setq hl-line-range-function 'visual-line-line-range)

This works nicely except that it doesn't highlight the whole line but
only the text contained in that line.  The space between the last word
and the margin is not marked.  Only lines that end with a newline
character are completely highlighted.  How can I fix this?

Thanks for any suggestions!

  Titus

Re: hl-line-mode and visual-line-mode

[Titus von der Malsburg]

Sorry for the mess in my previous mail.  Gmail recently started to
reformat my emails after I send them and I don't know how I can switch
this off.  Here's the code again:

(defun visual-line-line-range ()
  (save-excursion
    (cons (progn (vertical-motion 0) (point))
         (progn (vertical-motion 1) (+ (point) 0)))))

(setq hl-line-range-function 'visual-line-line-range)

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Titus von der Malsburg
<malsburg@gmail.com> wrote:
> In visual-line-mode, global-hl-line-mode marks the whole paragraph
> (the buffer line) instead of only the visual line.  This can be fixed
> with this redefinition of hl-line-range-function:
>   (defun visual-line-line-range ()    (save-excursion      (cons
> (progn (vertical-motion 0) (point))            (progn (vertical-motion
> 1) (point)))))
>
>    (setq hl-line-range-function 'visual-line-line-range)
>
> This works nicely except that it doesn't highlight the whole line but
> only the text contained in that line.  The space between the last word
> and the margin is not marked.  Only lines that end with a newline
> character are completely highlighted.  How can I fix this?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!
>
>  Titus



-- 
Titus von der Malsburg
DFG Research Group 868: Mind and Brain Dynamics
Dept. of Linguistics, University of Potsdam
http://www.ling.uni-potsdam.de/~malsburg/