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Maxime Coste 6a6e71dc0f Highlight cursors differently when they lie on an end of line
When on an end of line, certain behaviours can be surprising, for
example delete will join the following line (which makes sense, and
is consistent, but hard to predict if we do not know the cursor is
on and end of line).

As Kakoune is moving more and more towards treating end of lines
as any other character, making it clear when the cursor lies on
them seems like a good way to reduce surprise.
2018-02-24 21:32:01 +11:00

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= Faces
== Declaration
A 'face' refers how the specified text is displayed, it has a foreground
color, a background color, and some attributes. The value of a face has the
following format:
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fg_color[,bg_color][+attributes]
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'fg_color', 'bg_color'::
a color whose value can be expressed in the following formats:
*black*, *red*, *green*, *yellow*, *blue*, *magenta*, *cyan*, *white*:::
a named color
*default*:::
keep the existing color
*rgb:RRGGBB*:::
hexadecimal value
'attributes'::
string whose individual letters set an attribute:
*u*:::
underline
*r*:::
reverse
*b*:::
bold
*B*:::
blink
*d*:::
dim
*i*:::
italic
*e*:::
exclusive, override previous faces instead of merging
with them
== Builtin faces
The following default faces are used by color schemes to highlight certain
areas of the user interface:
*Default*::
default colors
*PrimarySelection*::
main selection face for every selected character except the cursor
*SecondarySelection*::
secondary selection face for every selected character except the cursor
*PrimaryCursor*::
cursor of the primary selection
*SecondaryCursor*::
cursor of the secondary selection
*PrimaryCursorEol*::
cursor of the primary selection when it lies on and end of line character
*SecondaryCursorEol*::
cursor of the secondary selection when it lies on and end of line character
*LineNumbers*::
face used by the number_lines highlighter
*LineNumberCursor*::
face used to highlight the line number of the main selection
*LineNumbersWrapped*::
face used to highlight the line number of wrapped lines
*MenuForeground*::
face for the selected element in menus
*MenuBackground*::
face for the not selected elements in menus
*MenuInfo*::
face for additional information for elements in menus
*Information*::
face for the informations windows and information messages
*Error*::
face of error messages
*StatusLine*::
face used for the status line
*StatusLineMode*::
face used for the current mode except the normal mode
*StatusLineInfo*::
face used for special information
*StatusLineValue*::
face used for special values (numeric prefixes, registers, etc.)
*StatusCursor*::
face used for the status line cursor
*Prompt*::
face used prompt displayed on the status line
*MatchingChar*::
face used by the show_matching highlighter
*BufferPadding*::
face applied on the characters that follow the last line of a buffer
*Whitespace*::
face used by the show_whitespaces highlighter