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Anyone has any idea how to get started with VIM window api? Lets say I want to create a "floating" window on the side and populate it with some text. Where do

• L0stLink 7y ago
  > Where do I start? best place would be the docs :h nvim_open_win() here is a function that takes a buffer id and creates a floating window based on it anchored to current cursor position: let s:buff = 0 let s:buff_max_heigth = 12 function! CreateTempBuffer(buffer) abort let text = nvim_buf_get_lines(a:buffer, 0, -1, v:true) if s:buff == 0 let s:buff = nvim_create_buf(v:false, v:true) endif call nvim_buf_set_lines(s:buff, 0, -1, v:true, text) let height = len(text) if height > s:buff_max_heigth let height = s:buff_max_heigth endif let width = 0 for index in range(len(text)) let line = text[index] let lwd = strdisplaywidth(line) if lwd > width let width = lwd endif let text[index] = line endfor let width = width + 1 let opts = {'relative': 'cursor', 'width': width, 'height': height, 'col': 0, \ 'row': 0, 'anchor': 'SW', 'style': 'minimal'} let win = nvim_open_win(s:buff, v:false, opts) return win endfunction