Start Screen Plugin For Vim/Neovim

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Install

• vim-plug

  Plug 'hardcoreplayers/dashboard-nvim'

• dein

  call dein#add('hardcoreplayers/dashboard-nvim')

Options

• Config your excute tool by g:dashboard_default_executive,This option mean what fuzzy search plugins that you used. vim-clap and fzf.vim

  let g:dashboard_default_executive ='clap' --default

• Dashboard wrap some vim-clap and fzf.vim commands with window config, And the dashboard commands execute tool depends on what plugin you used

  • DashboardFindFile same as
    • vim-clap: Clap history Clap files ++finder=rg --ignore --hidden --files
    • fzf.vim : Files
  • DashboardFindHistory same as
    • vim-clap: Clap history
    • fzf.vim : History
  • DashboardChangeColorscheme same as
    • vim-clap: Clap colors
    • fzf.vim : Colors
  • DashboardFindWord same as
    • vim-clap: Clap grep2
    • fzf.vim : Rg
  • DashboardJumpMark same as
    • vim-clap: Clap marks
    • fzf.vim : Marks

  If you already define the vim-clap and fzf commands, just set your keymaps into the g:dashboard_custom_shortcut. If you want use the Dashboard wrap commands. you can define the dashboard commands keymap then set it into g:dashboard_custom_shutcut

  eg : "SPC mean the leaderkey
      let g:dashboard_custom_shortcut={
        \ 'last_session'       : 'SPC s l',
        \ 'find_history'       : 'SPC f h',
        \ 'find_file'          : 'SPC f f',
        \ 'change_colorscheme' : 'SPC t c',
        \ 'find_word'          : 'SPC f a',
        \ 'book_marks'         : 'SPC f b',
        \ }

  • what does the shortcut do? just a tip like whichkey,on dashboard you just move the cursor and press enter

• g:dashboard_custom_header custom the dashboard header (same as startify)

• g:dashboard_custom_footer custom the dashboard footer (same as startify)

• Dashboard provide session support with SessionLoad and SessionSave commands you can define keymap like this .

  nmap <Leader>ss :<C-u>SessionSave<CR>
  nmap <Leader>sl :<C-u>SessionLoad<CR>

  you can disable dashboard session by g:dashboard_enable_session. 0 means disable session. set the dashboard_session_directory to change the session folder default is ~/.cache/vim/session

• Highlight group

  DashboardHeader
  DashboardCenter
  DashboardShortcut
  DashboardFooter

• Autocmd Dashboard DashboardReady same as vim-startify

Minial vimrc

you can replace the vim-clap or fzf.vim commands by dashboard commands

• dashboard-nvim with vim-clap

  Plug 'hardcoreplayers/dashboard-nvim'
  Plug 'liuchengxu/vim-clap'
  
  let g:mapleader="\<Space>"
  nmap <Leader>ss :<C-u>SessionSave<CR>
  nmap <Leader>sl :<C-u>SessionLoad<CR>
  nnoremap <silent> <Leader>fh :<C-u>Clap history<CR>
  nnoremap <silent> <Leader>ff :<C-u>Clap files ++finder=rg --ignore --hidden --files<cr>
  nnoremap <silent> <Leader>tc :<C-u>Clap colors<CR>
  nnoremap <silent> <Leader>fa :<C-u>Clap grep2<CR>
  nnoremap <silent> <Leader>fb :<C-u>Clap marks<CR>
  
  let g:dashboard_custom_shortcut={
    \ 'last_session' : 'SPC s l',
    \ 'find_history' : 'SPC f h',
    \ 'find_file' : 'SPC f f',
    \ 'change_colorscheme' : 'SPC t c',
    \ 'find_word' : 'SPC f a',
    \ 'book_marks' : 'SPC f b',
    \ }
  

• dashboard-nvim with fzf.vim

  Plug 'hardcoreplayers/dashboard-nvim'
  Plug 'junegunn/fzf.vim'
  
  let g:mapleader="\<Space>"
  nmap <Leader>ss :<C-u>SessionSave<CR>
  nmap <Leader>sl :<C-u>SessionLoad<CR>
  nnoremap <silent> <Leader>fh :History<CR>
  nnoremap <silent> <Leader>ff :Files<CR>
  nnoremap <silent> <Leader>tc :Colors<CR>
  nnoremap <silent> <Leader>fa :Rg<CR>
  nnoremap <silent> <Leader>fb :Marks<CR>
  
  let g:dashboard_custom_shortcut={
    \ 'last_session'       : 'SPC s l',
    \ 'find_history'       : 'SPC f h',
    \ 'find_file'          : 'SPC f f',
    \ 'change_colorscheme' : 'SPC t c',
    \ 'find_word'          : 'SPC f a',
    \ 'book_marks'         : 'SPC f b',
    \ }

TODO

• Support custom center section

FAQ

• What is it different from vim-startify ? dashbaord is inspired by doom-emacs, startify provides a list of many files, Mru oldfile, etc., but do we really need this list, we will only open one file, and the file list takes up a lot of space, the dashboard uses fuzzy search plugin pop-up menu, it saves a lot of space, and provides more functions.

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Acknowledgement

• Inspired by doom emacs

• vim-startify

LICENSE

• MIT