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diff --git a/lisp/hl-line.el b/lisp/hl-line.el
index 55704dccb33..846f5f95187 100644
--- a/lisp/hl-line.el
+++ b/lisp/hl-line.el
@@ -93,14 +93,26 @@
(overlay-put global-hl-line-overlay 'face hl-line-face))))
(defcustom hl-line-sticky-flag t
- "Non-nil means highlight the current line in all windows.
+ "Non-nil means the HL-Line mode highlight appears in all windows.
Otherwise Hl-Line mode will highlight only in the selected
window. Setting this variable takes effect the next time you use
-the command `hl-line-mode' to turn Hl-Line mode on."
+the command `hl-line-mode' to turn Hl-Line mode on.
+
+This variable has no effect in Global Highlight Line mode.
+For that, use `global-hl-line-sticky-flag'."
:type 'boolean
:version "22.1"
:group 'hl-line)
+(defcustom global-hl-line-sticky-flag nil
+ "Non-nil means the Global HL-Line mode highlight appears in all windows.
+Otherwise Global Hl-Line mode will highlight only in the selected
+window. Setting this variable takes effect the next time you use
+the command `global-hl-line-mode' to turn Global Hl-Line mode on."
+ :type 'boolean
+ :version "24.1"
+ :group 'hl-line)
+
(defvar hl-line-range-function nil
"If non-nil, function to call to return highlight range.
The function of no args should return a cons cell; its car value
@@ -162,6 +174,10 @@ addition to `hl-line-highlight' on `post-command-hook'."
"Global minor mode to highlight the line about point in the current window.
With ARG, turn Global-Hl-Line mode on if ARG is positive, off otherwise.
+If `global-hl-line-sticky-flag' is non-nil, Global Hl-Line mode
+highlights the line about the current buffer's point in all
+windows.
+
Global-Hl-Line mode uses the functions `global-hl-line-unhighlight' and
`global-hl-line-highlight' on `pre-command-hook' and `post-command-hook'."
:global t
@@ -181,7 +197,9 @@ Global-Hl-Line mode uses the functions `global-hl-line-unhighlight' and
(unless global-hl-line-overlay
(setq global-hl-line-overlay (make-overlay 1 1)) ; to be moved
(overlay-put global-hl-line-overlay 'face hl-line-face))
- (overlay-put global-hl-line-overlay 'window (selected-window))
+ (overlay-put global-hl-line-overlay 'window
+ (unless global-hl-line-sticky-flag
+ (selected-window)))
(hl-line-move global-hl-line-overlay))))
(defun global-hl-line-unhighlight ()