[[file:example-beacon.gif]]
-Whenever the window scrolls or the buffer changes a light will shine
-on top of your cursor so you know where it is.
+Whenever the window scrolls or you switch buffer a light will shine on
+top of your cursor so you know where it is.
That’s it.
-- To customize the appearance of the beacon, configure
- ~beacon-size~ and ~beacon-color~.
+** Customizations
-- To customize how long it lasts, configure ~beacon-blink-duration~
- and ~beacon-blink-delay~.
+- The appearance of the beacon is configured by ~beacon-size~ and
+ ~beacon-color~.
-- To customize /when/ it is used at all, configure
+- The duration is configured by ~beacon-blink-duration~ and
+ ~beacon-blink-delay~.
+
+- To customize /when/ the beacon should blink at all, configure
~beacon-blink-when-window-scrolls~,
~beacon-blink-when-buffer-changes~, and
~beacon-blink-when-point-moves~.
+
+- To prevent the beacon from blinking only on some major-modes,
+ configure ~beacon-dont-blink-major-modes~. For specific buffers, you
+ can do ~(setq-local beacon-mode nil)~. For even more refined
+ control, configure ~beacon-dont-blink-predicates~
+
+- Beacon can also push the mark for you whenever point moves a long
+ distance. For this, configure ~beacon-push-mark~.