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Automatic highlighting of word under cursor

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⦿ This is a part of mini.nvim library. Please use this link if you want to mention this module.

⦿ All contributions (issues, pull requests, discussions, etc.) are done inside of 'mini.nvim'.

⦿ See the repository page to learn about common design principles and configuration recipes.

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Demo

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/24854248/173044454-0e4ab873-6e73-448d-838f-45f4b2be876b.mp4

Features

Current word under cursor can be highlighted differently.
"Word under cursor" is meant as in Vim's <cword>: something user would get as 'iw' text object.
Highlighting stops in insert and terminal modes.

Installation

This plugin can be installed as part of 'mini.nvim' library (recommended) or as a standalone Git repository.

There are two branches to install from:

main (default, recommended) will have latest development version of plugin. All changes since last stable release should be perceived as being in beta testing phase (meaning they already passed alpha-testing and are moderately settled).
stable will be updated only upon releases with code tested during public beta-testing phase in main branch.

Here are code snippets for some common installation methods (use only one):

<details> <summary>With <a href="https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.nvim/blob/main/readmes/mini-deps.md">mini.deps</a></summary> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Github repo</th> <th>Branch</th> <th>Code snippet</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan=2>'mini.nvim' library</td> <td>Main</td> <td rowspan=2><i>Follow recommended 'mini.deps' installation</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Stable</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan=2>Standalone plugin</td> <td>Main</td> <td><code>add('echasnovski/mini.cursorword')</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Stable</td> <td><code>add({ source = 'echasnovski/mini.cursorword', checkout = 'stable' })</code></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </details> <details> <summary>With <a href="https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim">folke/lazy.nvim</a></summary> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Github repo</th> <th>Branch</th> <th>Code snippet</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan=2>'mini.nvim' library</td> <td>Main</td> <td><code>{ 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', version = false },</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Stable</td> <td><code>{ 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', version = '*' },</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan=2>Standalone plugin</td> <td>Main</td> <td><code>{ 'echasnovski/mini.cursorword', version = false },</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Stable</td> <td><code>{ 'echasnovski/mini.cursorword', version = '*' },</code></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </details> <details> <summary>With <a href="https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug">junegunn/vim-plug</a></summary> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Github repo</th> <th>Branch</th> <th>Code snippet</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan=2>'mini.nvim' library</td> <td>Main</td> <td><code>Plug 'echasnovski/mini.nvim'</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Stable</td> <td><code>Plug 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', { 'branch': 'stable' }</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan=2>Standalone plugin</td> <td>Main</td> <td><code>Plug 'echasnovski/mini.cursorword'</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Stable</td> <td><code>Plug 'echasnovski/mini.cursorword', { 'branch': 'stable' }</code></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </details> <br>

Important: don't forget to call require('mini.cursorword').setup() to enable its functionality.

Note: if you are on Windows, there might be problems with too long file paths (like error: unable to create file <some file name>: Filename too long). Try doing one of the following:

Enable corresponding git global config value: git config --system core.longpaths true. Then try to reinstall.
Install plugin in other place with shorter path.

Default config