This option can be used to set highlighting mode for various occasions. It is a comma separated list of character pairs. The first character in a pair gives the occasion, the second the mode to use for that occasion. The occasions are: |hl-SpecialKey| 8 Meta and special keys listed with ":map" |hl-EndOfBuffer| ~ lines after the last line in the buffer |hl-NonText| @ '@' at the end of the window and characters from 'showbreak' |hl-Directory| d directories in CTRL-D listing and other special things in listings |hl-ErrorMsg| e error messages h (obsolete, ignored) |hl-IncSearch| i 'incsearch' highlighting |hl-Search| l last search pattern highlighting (see 'hlsearch') |hl-MoreMsg| m |more-prompt| |hl-ModeMsg| M Mode (e.g., "-- INSERT --") |hl-LineNr| n line number for ":number" and ":#" commands, and when 'number' or 'relativenumber' option is set. |hl-LineNrAbove| a line number above the cursor for when the 'relativenumber' option is set. |hl-LineNrBelow| b line number below the cursor for when the 'relativenumber' option is set. |hl-CursorLineNr| N like n for when 'cursorline' or 'relativenumber' is set. |hl-Question| r |hit-enter| prompt and yes/no questions |hl-StatusLine| s status line of current window |status-line| |hl-StatusLineNC| S status lines of not-current windows |hl-Title| t Titles for output from ":set all", ":autocmd" etc. |hl-VertSplit| c column used to separate vertically split windows |hl-Visual| v Visual mode |hl-VisualNOS| V Visual mode when Vim does is "Not Owning the Selection" Only X11 Gui's |gui-x11| and |xterm-clipboard|. |hl-WarningMsg| w warning messages |hl-WildMenu| W wildcard matches displayed for 'wildmenu' |hl-Folded| f line used for closed folds |hl-FoldColumn| F 'foldcolumn' |hl-DiffAdd| A added line in diff mode |hl-DiffChange| C changed line in diff mode |hl-DiffDelete| D deleted line in diff mode |hl-DiffText| T inserted text in diff mode |hl-SignColumn| > column used for |signs| |hl-Conceal| - the placeholders used for concealed characters (see 'conceallevel') |hl-SpellBad| B misspelled word |spell| |hl-SpellCap| P word that should start with capital |spell| |hl-SpellRare| R rare word |spell| |hl-SpellLocal| L word from other region |spell| |hl-Pmenu| + popup menu normal line |hl-PmenuSel| = popup menu selected line |hl-PmenuSbar| x popup menu scrollbar |hl-PmenuThumb| X popup menu scrollbar thumb