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diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/highlight.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/highlight.lua
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+local api = vim.api
+
+local highlight = {}
+
+--- Highlight range between two positions
+---
+--@param bufnr number of buffer to apply highlighting to
+--@param ns namespace to add highlight to
+--@param higroup highlight group to use for highlighting
+--@param rtype type of range (:help setreg, default charwise)
+--@param inclusive boolean indicating whether the range is end-inclusive (default false)
+function highlight.range(bufnr, ns, higroup, start, finish, rtype, inclusive)
+  rtype = rtype or 'v'
+  inclusive = inclusive or false
+
+  -- sanity check
+  if start[2] < 0 or finish[2] < start[2] then return end
+
+  local region = vim.region(bufnr, start, finish, rtype, inclusive)
+  for linenr, cols in pairs(region) do
+    api.nvim_buf_add_highlight(bufnr, ns, higroup, linenr, cols[1], cols[2])
+  end
+
+end
+
+--- Highlight the yanked region
+---
+--- use from init.vim via
+---   au TextYankPost * lua require'vim.highlight'.on_yank()
+--- customize highlight group and timeout via
+---   au TextYankPost * lua require'vim.highlight'.on_yank("IncSearch", 500)
+---
+-- @param higroup highlight group for yanked region
+-- @param timeout time in ms before highlight is cleared
+-- @param event event structure
+function highlight.on_yank(higroup, timeout, event)
+  event = event or vim.v.event
+  if event.operator ~= 'y' or event.regtype == '' then return end
+  higroup = higroup or "IncSearch"
+  timeout = timeout or 500
+
+  local bufnr = api.nvim_get_current_buf()
+  local yank_ns = api.nvim_create_namespace('')
+  api.nvim_buf_clear_namespace(bufnr, yank_ns, 0, -1)
+
+  local pos1 = vim.fn.getpos("'[")
+  local pos2 = vim.fn.getpos("']")
+
+  pos1 = {pos1[2] - 1, pos1[3] - 1 + pos1[4]}
+  pos2 = {pos2[2] - 1, pos2[3] - 1 + pos2[4]}
+
+  highlight.range(bufnr, yank_ns, higroup, pos1, pos2, event.regtype, event.inclusive)
+
+  vim.defer_fn(
+    function() api.nvim_buf_clear_namespace(bufnr, yank_ns, 0, -1) end,
+    timeout
+  )
+end
+
+return highlight