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docs: highlighters should use _zsh_highlight_add_highlight

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Matthew Martin 2016-04-29 21:23:09 -05:00
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@ -64,12 +64,17 @@ To create your own `myhighlighter` highlighter:
} }
* Implement the `_zsh_highlight_myhighlighter_highlighter` function. * Implement the `_zsh_highlight_myhighlighter_highlighter` function.
This function does the actual syntax highlighting, by modifying This function does the actual syntax highlighting, by calling
`region_highlight`, for example: `_zsh_highlight_add_highlight` with the start and end of the region to
be highlighted and the `ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES` key to use. Define the default
style for that key in the highlighter script outside of any function with `:
${ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[key]:=value}`. For example:
: ${ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[aurora]:=fg=green}
_zsh_highlight_myhighlighter_highlighter() { _zsh_highlight_myhighlighter_highlighter() {
# Colorize the whole buffer with blue background # Colorize the whole buffer with the 'aurora' style
region_highlight+=(0 $#BUFFER bg=blue) _zsh_highlight_add_highlight 0 $#BUFFER aurora
} }
* Activate your highlighter in `~/.zshrc`: * Activate your highlighter in `~/.zshrc`: