This is a mirror of http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=4178 DESCRIPTION The 'cursorline' setting makes it easy to locate the cursor position. However, when there are split windows, each one shows its cursor line, and the only indication of the currently active window is the different 'statusline' highlighting (with hl-StatusLine vs. hl-StatusLineNC). This plugin avoids the clutter of multiple highlighted screen lines with split windows by disabling the 'cursorline' setting for all but the current window. Unlike a simplistic solution with a few autocmds, this plugin still allows for exceptions like disabling the cursorline for a particular window or making it permanent for (another) window. RELATED WORKS The basic idea is outlined in the Vim Tips Wiki: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Highlight_current_line USAGE Globally enable 'cursorline' in your vimrc via :set cursorline After sourcing this plugin, 'cursorline' will only be active for the current window. So with multiple split windows, only one of them, the one where the cursor is in, will have the 'cursorline'. Disable cursorline for the current window via: :setlocal nocursorline This will persist even after moving away and back to the window. Disable cursorline globally via: :set nocursorline As soon as you enter a window, its line highlighting will vanish. For some kind of files it is helpful to keep the line highlighting active, e.g. to serve as a ruler. You can keep the highlighting for a particular window by setting a window-local variable: :let w:persistent_cursorline = 1