format.nvim VS virt-column.nvim

Compare format.nvim vs virt-column.nvim and see what are their differences.

format.nvim

A wrapper around Neovims native LSP formatting. [Moved to: https://github.com/lukas-reineke/lsp-format.nvim] (by lukas-reineke)
Vim Neovim vim-plugin neovim-plugin Formatting

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virt-column.nvim

Display a character as the colorcolumn (by lukas-reineke)
Vim Neovim vim-plugin neovim-plugin colorcolumn
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format.nvim

Posts with mentions or reviews of format.nvim. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-27.

virt-column.nvim

Posts with mentions or reviews of virt-column.nvim. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-05.
  • Transparent ColorColumns
    1 project | /r/neovim | 23 May 2023
  • Is it possible to have the cursorline only up to max(cursorcolumn, line_length)?
    1 project | /r/neovim | 5 Apr 2023
    local set_local_colorcolumn = function(c) vim.api.nvim_set_option_value("colorcolumn", c, { scope = "local" }) end local vc_status, vc = pcall(require, "virt-column") if vc_status then -- Disable the default colorcolumn and use virtcolumn, so that we get a -- cursorline background under the colorcolumn. -- https://github.com/lukas-reineke/virt-column.nvim/issues/26 set_local_colorcolumn("") vc.setup({ virtcolumn = col }) vim.api.nvim_cmd({ cmd = "VirtColumnRefresh" }, {}) else set_local_colorcolumn(col) end
  • Is there a visual margin plugin for neovim?
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 5 Mar 2023
    And if you want a thin line instead of the default colorcolumn, have a look at https://github.com/lukas-reineke/virt-column.nvim
  • FAVOURITE PLUGINS
    49 projects | /r/neovim | 3 Feb 2022
    virt-column.nvim: displays a character as the colorcolumn, neovim colorcolumn is too thick because it just colors the column bg and it's very distracting, this is more minimal and doesn't get in the way
  • virtual text colorcolumn
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 25 Nov 2021
    I've opened an issue: https://github.com/lukas-reineke/virt-column.nvim/issues/2

What are some alternatives?

When comparing format.nvim and virt-column.nvim you can also consider the following projects:

formatter.nvim

focus.nvim - Auto-Focusing and Auto-Resizing Splits/Windows for Neovim written in Lua. A full suite of window management enhancements. Vim splits on steroids!

efm-langserver - General purpose Language Server

nvim-treesitter-context - Show code context

vim-test - Run your tests at the speed of thought

vim-autoformat - Provide easy code formatting in Vim by integrating existing code formatters.

headlines.nvim - This plugin adds horizontal highlights for text filetypes, like markdown, orgmode, and neorg.

neoformat - :sparkles: A (Neo)vim plugin for formatting code.

feline.nvim - A minimal, stylish and customizable statusline for Neovim written in Lua

sqls - SQL language server written in Go.

indent-blankline.nvim - Indent guides for Neovim

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