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diff --git a/lisp/hl-line.el b/lisp/hl-line.el
index 3ad75ae78fa..5ed334f4049 100644
--- a/lisp/hl-line.el
+++ b/lisp/hl-line.el
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
;; Copyright (C) 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
+;; Maintainer: FSF
;; Created: 1998-09-13
;; Keywords: faces, frames, emulation
@@ -25,8 +26,8 @@
;;; Commentary:
-;; Provides a buffer-local minor mode (toggled by M-x hl-line-mode)
-;; and a global minor mode (toggled by M-x global-hl-line-mode) to
+;; Provides a local minor mode (toggled by M-x hl-line-mode) and
+;; a global minor mode (toggled by M-x global-hl-line-mode) to
;; highlight, on a suitable terminal, the line on which point is. The
;; global mode highlights the current line in the selected window only
;; (except when the minibuffer window is selected). This was
@@ -56,6 +57,10 @@
;; it to nil to avoid highlighting specific buffers, when the global
;; mode is used.
+;; In default whole the line is highlighted. The range of highlighting
+;; can be changed by defining an appropriate function as the
+;; buffer-local value of `hl-line-range-function'.
+
;;; Code:
(defgroup hl-line nil
@@ -77,6 +82,15 @@ the command `hl-line-mode' to turn Hl-Line mode on."
:version "21.4"
: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
+is the beginning position of highlight and its cdr value is the
+end position of highlight in the buffer.
+It should return nil if there's no region to be highlighted.
+
+This variable is expected to be made buffer-local by modes.")
+
(defvar hl-line-overlay nil
"Overlay used by Hl-Line mode to highlight the current line.")
(make-variable-buffer-local 'hl-line-overlay)
@@ -123,8 +137,7 @@ addition to `hl-line-highlight' on `post-command-hook'."
(overlay-put hl-line-overlay 'face hl-line-face))
(overlay-put hl-line-overlay
'window (unless hl-line-sticky-flag (selected-window)))
- (move-overlay hl-line-overlay
- (line-beginning-position) (line-beginning-position 2)))
+ (hl-line-move hl-line-overlay))
(hl-line-unhighlight)))
(defun hl-line-unhighlight ()
@@ -157,14 +170,31 @@ Global-Hl-Line mode uses the functions `global-hl-line-unhighlight' and
(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))
- (move-overlay global-hl-line-overlay
- (line-beginning-position) (line-beginning-position 2)))))
+ (hl-line-move global-hl-line-overlay))))
(defun global-hl-line-unhighlight ()
"Deactivate the Global-Hl-Line overlay on the current line."
(if global-hl-line-overlay
(delete-overlay global-hl-line-overlay)))
+(defun hl-line-move (overlay)
+ "Move the hl-line-mode overlay.
+If `hl-line-range-function' is non-nil, move the OVERLAY to the position
+where the function returns. If `hl-line-range-function' is nil, fill
+the line including the point by OVERLAY."
+ (let (tmp b e)
+ (if hl-line-range-function
+ (setq tmp (funcall hl-line-range-function)
+ b (car tmp)
+ e (cdr tmp))
+ (setq tmp t
+ b (line-beginning-position)
+ e (line-beginning-position 2)))
+ (if tmp
+ (move-overlay overlay b e)
+ (move-overlay overlay 1 1))))
+
(provide 'hl-line)
+;;; arch-tag: ac806940-0876-4959-8c89-947563ee2833
;;; hl-line.el ends here