another hl-line
reddit / emacs

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zsome · 2022-04-05 06:29

Hi!

do you know any other highlight the current line solution for emacs.

My problem is that I can't avoid that the hl-line modify the
background.

I just would like a border around the current row.

It is because the "color" is \~ugly in css file if I be in that line.

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Edit: I found the highlight-current-line and I can configure it in
that way what I thought

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deaddyfreddy · 2022-04-05 08:01

just customize its face, no need for another solution

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zsome · 2022-04-05 11:22

Can you give me an example because I couldn't drop the background... ?
Please!

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redblobgames · 2022-04-05 15:41

`(set-face-attribute 'hl-line nil :background nil)` will take out the
background but I haven't found any good alternatives. Using
overline+underline shifts everything 1 pixel vertically. Using
underline itself might work. Using :box shifts everything vertically,
unless using a negative width, in which it shifts everything
horizontally (see [thread](https://old.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/cea
jn7/emacs_box_attribute_kinda_sucks/)).

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gogaxxx · 2022-04-05 15:42

He is right, if you remove all customizations from highlight face it
still stays a bit lighter than the default background.

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zsome · 2022-04-06 06:34

Thanks, I'll try it.