This makes all Signify signs use a non-breaking space as text. This is
convenient if only the background colors of the signs are important.
References #188.
I wanted to be able to customize signify in a way that wasn't possible
with the current set of options. This commit adds 2 new options and 2
new highlight groups.
Specifically, we can now
1. differentiate between changes, deletes AND signs that have both
with the `signify_sign_changedelete` option.
2. disable showing the number of deleted lines in the sign column with
the `signify_sign_delete_use_count` option.
3. highlight lines with changes and deletes specifically with the
`SignifySignChangeDelete` highlight group.
4. highlight the first line differently with the
`SignifySignDeleteFirstLine` highlight group.
All of these default to existing settings/highlight groups, so
everything should continue working the way it does now.
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For those that are curious, I wanted to configure signify to show no
symbols in the sign column, and to just use the highlight groups to give
me all the information I needed. I am able to achieve that now with the
following settings and the Solarized colorscheme:
let g:signify_sign_add = "\<Char-0xa0>\<Char-0xa0>"
let g:signify_sign_change = "\<Char-0xa0>\<Char-0xa0>"
let g:signify_sign_changedelete = "__"
let g:signify_sign_delete = "__"
let g:signify_sign_delete_first_line = "‾‾"
let g:signify_sign_delete_use_count = 0
hi SignifySignDelete term=bold,underline cterm=bold,underline ctermfg=1 ctermbg=12
hi SignifySignDeleteFirstLine ctermfg=1 ctermbg=12
hi SignifySignChangeDelete term=bold,underline cterm=bold,underline ctermfg=1 ctermbg=3
You can see it in action here:
https://twitter.com/_bentomas/status/486266117204090880
Defining the SignifyDelete set of signs on the fly provides the ability
to specify the exact line deletion count for up to 99 lines, rather than
the current limit of 9 lines.
This also has the benefit of reducing the number of signs defined when
there aren't many hunks of deleted lines. On the flip side, if there
are other sign-placing plugins in use, then it also increases the chance
of nearing the ~120 sign definition limit if there are many hunks of
varying line deletions.
The [default] argument is used for setting the default highlighting for a group. If highlighting has already been specified for the group the command will be ignored. Also when there is an existing link.
