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https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.hipatterns

Highlight patterns in text. Part of 'mini.nvim' library.
https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.hipatterns

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Highlight patterns in text. Part of 'mini.nvim' library.

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### Highlight patterns in text

See more details in [Features](#features) and [help file](doc/mini-hipatterns.txt).

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⦿ This is a part of [mini.nvim](https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.nvim) library. Please use [this link](https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.nvim/blob/main/readmes/mini-hipatterns.md) if you want to mention this module.

⦿ All contributions (issues, pull requests, discussions, etc.) are done inside of 'mini.nvim'.

⦿ See the repository page to learn about common design principles and configuration recipes.

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If you want to help this project grow but don't know where to start, check out [contributing guides of 'mini.nvim'](https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.nvim/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) or leave a Github star for 'mini.nvim' project and/or any its standalone Git repositories.

## Demo

https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.nvim/assets/24854248/130374e2-4e6c-43cf-af33-43d816b4fa32

## Features

- Highlight text with configurable patterns and highlight groups (can be string or callable).

- Highlighting is updated asynchronously with configurable debounce delay.

- Function to get matches in a buffer.

See `*MiniHipatterns-examples*` tag in help page for examples of common use cases.

Notes:

- It does not define any highlighters by default. Add to `config.highlighters` to have a visible effect.

## Example usage

```lua
local hipatterns = require('mini.hipatterns')
hipatterns.setup({
highlighters = {
-- Highlight standalone 'FIXME', 'HACK', 'TODO', 'NOTE'
fixme = { pattern = '%f[%w]()FIXME()%f[%W]', group = 'MiniHipatternsFixme' },
hack = { pattern = '%f[%w]()HACK()%f[%W]', group = 'MiniHipatternsHack' },
todo = { pattern = '%f[%w]()TODO()%f[%W]', group = 'MiniHipatternsTodo' },
note = { pattern = '%f[%w]()NOTE()%f[%W]', group = 'MiniHipatternsNote' },

-- Highlight hex color strings (`#rrggbb`) using that color
hex_color = hipatterns.gen_highlighter.hex_color(),
},
})
```

## Installation

This plugin can be installed as part of 'mini.nvim' library (**recommended**) or as a standalone Git repository.

There are two branches to install from:

- `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).
- `stable` will be updated only upon releases with code tested during public beta-testing phase in `main` branch.

Here are code snippets for some common installation methods (use only one):

With mini.deps



Github repo
Branch Code snippet




'mini.nvim' library Main Follow recommended 'mini.deps' installation


Stable


Standalone plugin Main add('echasnovski/mini.hipatterns')


Stable add({ source = 'echasnovski/mini.hipatterns', checkout = 'stable' })

With folke/lazy.nvim



Github repo
Branch Code snippet




'mini.nvim' library
Main { 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', version = false },


Stable { 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', version = '*' },


Standalone plugin
Main { 'echasnovski/mini.hipatterns', version = false },


Stable { 'echasnovski/mini.hipatterns', version = '*' },

With junegunn/vim-plug



Github repo
Branch Code snippet




'mini.nvim' library
Main Plug 'echasnovski/mini.nvim'


Stable Plug 'echasnovski/mini.nvim', { 'branch': 'stable' }


Standalone plugin Main Plug 'echasnovski/mini.hipatterns'


Stable Plug 'echasnovski/mini.hipatterns', { 'branch': 'stable' }


**Important**: don't forget to call `require('mini.hipatterns').setup()` with non-empty `highlighters` to auto-enable highlighting in all normal buffers.

**Note**: if you are on Windows, there might be problems with too long file paths (like `error: unable to create file : Filename too long`). Try doing one of the following:
- Enable corresponding git global config value: `git config --system core.longpaths true`. Then try to reinstall.
- Install plugin in other place with shorter path.

## Default config

```lua
-- No need to copy this inside `setup()`. Will be used automatically.
{
-- Table with highlighters (see |MiniHipatterns.config| for more details).
-- Nothing is defined by default. Add manually for visible effect.
highlighters = {},

-- Delays (in ms) defining asynchronous highlighting process
delay = {
-- How much to wait for update after every text change
text_change = 200,

-- How much to wait for update after window scroll
scroll = 50,
},

}
```

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