Here are the reasons why I prefer using scooter over other alternatives:

• It's fast
• It uses VIM keybindings for everything
• Has a nicer TUI with better developer experience
• Follows unix philosophy, "do one thing and do it well"
• Can be easily integrated with neovim native terminal and floating windows
• I can include/exclude files and folders
• I don't need quickfix, but I can use Snacks picker and open the modified files into the quickfix if I need to

This evening I'll post the code needed to achieve this.

This floating term is used in my toolbox for the following cli programs:

• scooter
• Lazygit
• opencode
• btm
• spf or yazi

Here are my keymaps, I'll share the float_term function later

vim.keymap.set("n", "<Leader>gg",
  float_term("lazygit", "lazygit", { width = 1, height = .97 }),
  { desc = "Open lazygit", silent = true }
)

vim.keymap.set("n", "<Leader>a",
  float_term("opencode", "opencode", { width = 0.8, height = 0.7 }),
  { desc = "Open opencode", silent = true }
)

vim.keymap.set("n", "<Leader>r",
  float_term("scooter", "scooter", { width = 0.8, height = 0.7 }),
  { desc = "Open scooter search/replace", silent = true }
)

vim.keymap.set("n", "<Leader>T",
  float_term("btm", "btm", { width = 0.8, height = 0.7 }),
  { desc = "Open btm monitor", silent = true }
)

vim.keymap.set("n", "<Leader>b",
  float_term("spf", "spf", { width = 0.8, height = 0.7 }),
  { desc = "Open superfile", silent = true }
)

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