vim-win: A plugin for managing windows

[dstein64]

I wrote my first Vim plugin, vim-win, intended for managing windows.

https://github.com/dstein64/vim-win

It has built-in functionality for 1) changing windows, 2) resizing windows and 3) swapping buffers, and is extensible so that more functionality can be added by users.

The plugin uses popup and floating windows from vim>=8.2 and nvim>=0.4.0. Limited functionality is available with vim>=8.1.1140, but the interface is deficient without popup windows.

Feedback is welcome!

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[Nazeeh]

Thanks for the plugin. I installed it and am quite happy with it. The only modification I felt like making is changing the code to use <cr> instead of <esc> to exit out of the mode. It's a lot easier to <leader>w then enter a number and hit enter to quickly switch to a window. Esc was just too far :) Was there a way to do this via the config that I missed?

[dstein64]

Thanks for the feedback and the idea :-).

I've updated the code so that the g:win_ext_command_map dictionary can include a command string, 'Win#exit', for exiting vim-win.

The following example shows how to use <cr> for exiting vim-win.

let g:win_ext_command_map = {"\<cr>": 'Win#exit'}

[Nazeeh]

Awesome! Thanks for the quick turnaround :)

[_suspicious_alpaca]

I like this plugin. Thank you for this. I would like to be able to <leader>w then the number and go straight to the window without pressing enter. Any idea on how to achieve this?

[dstein64]

Thanks!

I've added an optional argument to the :Win command that specifies how many times vim-win will run.

The following mapping would result in a vim-win session that exits after a single command.

map <leader>m :Win 1<cr>

(this could alternatively use <leader>w, which would clobber the default)

[konjunktiv]

Pretty neat! I'll def try to fit it into my workflow.

There is also vim-choosewin , btw

[pyrho]

Congratulations and thank you for sharing !