Re: Should hl-line-mode be buffer-local?

[Vinicius Jose Latorre]

Kevin A. Burton <address@hidden> writes:

> Vinicius Jose Latorre <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > <snip>
> > You could use highline package that can be downloaded from:
> > 
> >    http://www.cpqd.com.br/~vinicius/emacs/
> > 
> > highline package was inspired on hl-line.el, highlight-current-line.el and
> > linemenu.el, it has global/local modes and several ways to highlight the
> > current line.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, highline is not (yet) part of GNU Emacs :-(
> <snip>
> 
> Highline has issues with Emacs 21.  In the earlier versions it didn't always
> update itself (IE the highline would be on a line other than where the point
> is). and in newer versions it doesn't work seemlessly (IE I get a highline in
> tooltips which looks strange).
> 
> ... so I migrated to hl-line-mode.
> 
> If highline is fixed maybe I will migrate back to it... who knows?! :)

I've just tried highline (v4.1 - 2001/10/01) with Emacs 21 running on GNU Linux
and it seems that it's all right.

Could you give me more information about problems you find using highline with
Emacs 21?

Vinicius