Highlight an active line
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igoryon · 2022-09-05 12:17

Is there some option or plugin, that highlights a current line, i.e.,
the line with the cursor.

In many other programming editors, I was able do enable such option.
It makes very convenient. You can see right away on which line your
editing cursor is just by a glance.

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No-Command-791 · 2022-09-05 12:22

`hl-line-mode`

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[deleted] · 2022-09-05 12:25

[removed]

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fatfingerdeathcrunch · 2022-09-05 12:26

Alternative: https://protesilaos.com/emacs/lin

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a-c-d-w · 2022-09-05 13:03

I wouldn't say `lin` is an alternative, more an enhancement to the
built-in `hl-line-mode`.

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[deleted] · 2022-09-05 13:13

[deleted]

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brewski82 · 2022-09-05 15:53

I use https://github.com/Malabarba/beacon

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MonsieurPi · 2022-09-05 18:32

Beacon and Pulsar are nice solutions

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Ok-Analysis-7820 · 2022-09-05 22:11

I been looking for this package name forever. I thought it was called
lighthouse 😂

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igoryon · 2022-09-06 00:38

does it only work on emacs V28+?

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hhoverton · 2022-09-06 02:26

+1 for beacon, I never lose my cursor anymore

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fatfingerdeathcrunch · 2022-09-06 05:20

;; Version: 0.4.0
;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "27.1"))

Which versions are you on?

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DOMINATORLORD9872 · 2022-09-06 10:54

I mean, you're not wrong

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q_pe15 · 2022-09-06 11:02

I switched from beacon to
[pulsar.el](https://protesilaos.com/emacs/pulsar) because beacon
sometimes was buggy.

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thetemp_ · 2022-09-06 12:50

If there's a bug, you should report it... But if you can upgrade to
v28, you'll be glad you did.

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odeuteronomy · 2022-09-06 13:21

`(setq beacon-color "#cdcd00")` if you are using the solarized theme.

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igoryon · 2022-09-09 02:01

26.3

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igoryon · 2022-09-09 02:01

I will try to upgrade

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igoryon · 2022-09-09 05:23

OK, i've installed emacs V28, so this addon will work, but when I do
M-x pulsar-\*anything\*, it only does once.

How can I make it permanent? I am a newbie in emacs and just in the
process of learning it. Just going through the tutorial. Please, help.

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igoryon · 2022-09-09 05:32

What's the difference between those 2?

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MonsieurPi · 2022-09-09 06:41

I don't know. I use pulsar but they seem to do the same thing.

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q_pe15 · 2022-09-10 12:31

I use `(pulsar-global-mode t)` to enable pulsar globally.

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BuilderHarm · 2022-09-13 08:59

To make settings permanent in Emacs, you edit your init file.
Everything that is in your init file will be called upon startup.

So if you include `(pulsar-global-mode t)` in your init file, it will
be called at every startup.