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It was transferred to a dedicated organization to improve long term project stability. See more details [here](https://github.com/nvim-mini/mini.nvim/discussions/1970).\n\n⦿ This is a part of [mini.nvim](https://github.com/nvim-mini/mini.nvim) library. Please use [this link](https://github.com/nvim-mini/mini.nvim/blob/main/readmes/mini-cursorword.md) if you want to mention this module.\n\n⦿ All contributions (issues, pull requests, discussions, etc.) are done inside of 'mini.nvim'.\n\n⦿ See the repository page to learn about common design principles and configuration recipes.\n\n---\n\nIf you want to help this project grow but don't know where to start, check out [contributing guides of 'mini.nvim'](https://github.com/nvim-mini/mini.nvim/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) or leave a Github star for 'mini.nvim' project and/or any its standalone Git repositories.\n\n## Demo\n\nhttps://user-images.githubusercontent.com/24854248/173044454-0e4ab873-6e73-448d-838f-45f4b2be876b.mp4\n\n## Features\n\n- Current word under cursor can be highlighted differently.\n- \"Word under cursor\" is meant as in Vim's `\u003ccword\u003e`: something user would get as 'iw' text object.\n- Highlighting stops in insert and terminal modes.\n\n## Installation\n\nThis plugin can be installed as part of 'mini.nvim' library (**recommended**) or as a standalone Git repository.\n\nThere are two branches to install from:\n\n- `main` (default, **recommended**) will have latest development version of plugin. All changes since last stable release should be perceived as being in beta testing phase (meaning they already passed alpha-testing and are moderately settled).\n- `stable` will be updated only upon releases with code tested during public beta-testing phase in `main` branch.\n\nHere are code snippets for some common installation methods (use only one):\n\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eWith \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/nvim-mini/mini.nvim/blob/main/readmes/mini-deps.md\"\u003emini.deps\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/summary\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n    \u003cthead\u003e\n        \u003ctr\u003e\n            \u003cth\u003eGithub repo\u003c/th\u003e\n            \u003cth\u003eBranch\u003c/th\u003e \u003cth\u003eCode snippet\u003c/th\u003e\n        \u003c/tr\u003e\n    \u003c/thead\u003e\n    \u003ctbody\u003e\n        \u003ctr\u003e\n            \u003ctd rowspan=2\u003e'mini.nvim' library\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eMain\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd rowspan=2\u003e\u003ci\u003eFollow recommended 'mini.deps' installation\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\n        \u003c/tr\u003e\n        \u003ctr\u003e\n            \u003ctd\u003eStable\u003c/td\u003e\n        \u003c/tr\u003e\n        \u003ctr\u003e\n            \u003ctd rowspan=2\u003eStandalone plugin\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eMain\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ccode\u003eadd('nvim-mini/mini.cursorword')\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\n        \u003c/tr\u003e\n        \u003ctr\u003e\n            \u003ctd\u003eStable\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ccode\u003eadd({ source = 'nvim-mini/mini.cursorword', checkout = 'stable' })\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\n        \u003c/tr\u003e\n    \u003c/tbody\u003e\n\u003c/table\u003e\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eWith \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim\"\u003efolke/lazy.nvim\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/summary\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n    \u003cthead\u003e\n        \u003ctr\u003e\n            \u003cth\u003eGithub repo\u003c/th\u003e\n            \u003cth\u003eBranch\u003c/th\u003e \u003cth\u003eCode snippet\u003c/th\u003e\n        \u003c/tr\u003e\n    \u003c/thead\u003e\n    \u003ctbody\u003e\n        \u003ctr\u003e\n            \u003ctd rowspan=2\u003e'mini.nvim' library\u003c/td\u003e\n            \u003ctd\u003eMain\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ccode\u003e{ 'nvim-mini/mini.nvim', version = false },\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\n        \u003c/tr\u003e\n        \u003ctr\u003e\n            \u003ctd\u003eStable\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ccode\u003e{ 'nvim-mini/mini.nvim', version = '*' },\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\n        \u003c/tr\u003e\n        \u003ctr\u003e\n            \u003ctd rowspan=2\u003eStandalone plugin\u003c/td\u003e\n            \u003ctd\u003eMain\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ccode\u003e{ 'nvim-mini/mini.cursorword', version = false },\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\n        \u003c/tr\u003e\n        \u003ctr\u003e\n            \u003ctd\u003eStable\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ccode\u003e{ 'nvim-mini/mini.cursorword', version = '*' },\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\n        \u003c/tr\u003e\n    \u003c/tbody\u003e\n\u003c/table\u003e\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eWith \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug\"\u003ejunegunn/vim-plug\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/summary\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n    \u003cthead\u003e\n        \u003ctr\u003e\n            \u003cth\u003eGithub repo\u003c/th\u003e\n            \u003cth\u003eBranch\u003c/th\u003e \u003cth\u003eCode snippet\u003c/th\u003e\n        \u003c/tr\u003e\n    \u003c/thead\u003e\n    \u003ctbody\u003e\n        \u003ctr\u003e\n            \u003ctd rowspan=2\u003e'mini.nvim' library\u003c/td\u003e\n            \u003ctd\u003eMain\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ccode\u003ePlug 'nvim-mini/mini.nvim'\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\n        \u003c/tr\u003e\n        \u003ctr\u003e\n            \u003ctd\u003eStable\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ccode\u003ePlug 'nvim-mini/mini.nvim', { 'branch': 'stable' }\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\n        \u003c/tr\u003e\n        \u003ctr\u003e\n            \u003ctd rowspan=2\u003eStandalone plugin\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eMain\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ccode\u003ePlug 'nvim-mini/mini.cursorword'\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\n        \u003c/tr\u003e\n        \u003ctr\u003e\n            \u003ctd\u003eStable\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ccode\u003ePlug 'nvim-mini/mini.cursorword', { 'branch': 'stable' }\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\n        \u003c/tr\u003e\n    \u003c/tbody\u003e\n\u003c/table\u003e\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n**Important**: don't forget to call `require('mini.cursorword').setup()` to enable its functionality.\n\n**Note**: if you are on Windows, there might be problems with too long file paths (like `error: unable to create file \u003csome file name\u003e: Filename too long`). 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