use zle-line-pre-redraw hook if available

zsh-users · Mar 28, 2016 · 88e0d5b · 88e0d5b
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commit 88e0d5b
Showing 1 changed file with 10 additions and 5 deletions.
diff --git a/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh b/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
@@ -281,11 +281,16 @@ _zsh_highlight_load_highlighters()
 # Setup
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# Try binding widgets.
-_zsh_highlight_bind_widgets || {
-  echo 'zsh-syntax-highlighting: failed binding ZLE widgets, exiting.' >&2
-  return 1
-}
+# Use zle-line-pre-redraw if available. Otherwise try binding widgets as fallback.
+autoload -Uz is-at-least
+if is-at-least 5.2; then
+  zle -N zle-line-pre-redraw _zsh_highlight
+else
+  _zsh_highlight_bind_widgets || {
+    echo 'zsh-syntax-highlighting: failed binding ZLE widgets, exiting.' >&2
+    return 1
+  }
+fi
 
 # Resolve highlighters directory location.
 _zsh_highlight_load_highlighters "${ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_HIGHLIGHTERS_DIR:-${${0:A}:h}/highlighters}" || {