vim-better-whitespace VS vim-airline

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vim-airline

lean & mean status/tabline for vim that's light as air (by vim-airline)
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vim-better-whitespace vim-airline
5 58
1,341 17,640
- 0.2%
3.4 5.6
10 days ago 8 days ago
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The Unlicense MIT License
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vim-better-whitespace

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-better-whitespace. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-03.
  • Disabling vim-better-whitespace in floating buffer?
    1 project | /r/neovim | 3 Feb 2023
    How do I stop vim-better-whitespace from being activated in my ToggleTerm+Lazygit buffer?
  • How to get this arrow and not equal symbol?
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 3 Jan 2023
    For showing whitespace characters, here is a good vimscript based plugin - https://github.com/ntpeters/vim-better-whitespace
  • lsp-error with clangd when opening a cpp file in Ubuntu
    8 projects | /r/neovim | 7 Jun 2022
    -- Neovim configuration by Daniele Lupo (Jepessen) --- Require --- local utils = require('utils') --- Options --- -- Add number to rows utils.opt('o', 'number', true) -- Set indentation of files local indent = 2 utils.opt('b', 'expandtab', true) utils.opt('b', 'shiftwidth', indent) utils.opt('b', 'smartindent', true) utils.opt('b', 'tabstop', indent) utils.opt('b', 'autoindent', true) utils.opt('o', 'smarttab', true) utils.opt('b', 'softtabstop', indent) -- Enable the mouse utils.opt('o', 'mouse', 'a') -- Set nocompatible mode for more powerful commands utils.opt('o', 'compatible', false) -- Set some search options utils.opt('o', 'showmatch', true) utils.opt('o', 'ignorecase', true) utils.opt('o', 'hlsearch', true) utils.opt('o', 'incsearch', true) -- Set options for color scheme utils.opt('o', 'termguicolors', true) --- Keymappings --- -- Remap jj to escape in insert mode utils.map('i', 'jj', '') utils.map('n', 'JJJJ', '') -- Swap ; and : utils.map('n', ':', ';') utils.map('n', ';', ':') -- Start plugin section. Use this section in order to install new plugins to -- neovim. -- -- In order to install a new plugin, you need to put in this section the -- repository where it can be found, and then refresh the plugin list by -- installing them with the command: -- -- :PlugInstall -- Auto install vim-plug that's a plugin manager local vimplugrepository = '' local installpath = vim.fn.stdpath('config')..'/autoload' local vimpluginstallpath = installpath..'/plug.vim' local vimplugrepository = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim' if vim.fn.empty(vim.fn.glob(vimpluginstallpath)) > 0 then vim.api.nvim_command('!curl -flo '..vimpluginstallpath..' --create-dirs '..vimplugrepository) vim.cmd 'autocmd VimEnter * PlugInstall' end local Plug = vim.fn['plug#'] -- Put plugins in this section. Define a Plug with the repository of the plugin that you want vim.call('plug#begin', installpath) -- Vim airline. This plugin creates a nice status bar with more features than -- standard one. Plug 'https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline' -- NerdTree is a plugin for showing a tree folder structure of the filesystem. Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree' -- Vim color schemes Plug 'https://github.com/rafi/awesome-vim-colorschemes' -- Developer icons Plug 'https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons' -- Surrounding with parenthesis and xml tags with cs command and more Plug 'https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround' -- Show trailing whitespaces and use the command :StripWhitespace for removing -- them Plug 'https://github.com/ntpeters/vim-better-whitespace.git' -- Install the LSP server for configuring it with clangd for code completition -- in C++ Plug 'https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig' -- An interesting theme Plug 'https://github.com/Pocco81/Catppuccino.nvim' vim.call('plug#end') --- PLUGINS CONFIGURATION --- -- Nerdtree -- Configure keys so with ctrlf go to the tree, with ctrl+n open the tree, and -- ctrl+t toggle the tree utils.map('n', '', ':NERDTreeFocus') utils.map('n', '', ':NERDTree') utils.map('n', '', ':NERDTreeToggle') --- LSP CONFIG --- -- Main configuration local lspremapopts = { noremap = true, silent = true } vim.keymap.set('n', 'e', vim.diagnostic.open_float, lspremapopts) vim.keymap.set('n', '[d', vim.diagnostic.goto_prev, lspremapopts) vim.keymap.set('n', ']d', vim.diagnostic.goto_next, lspremapopts) vim.keymap.set('n', 'q', vim.diagnostic.setloclist, lspremapopts) -- Use an on_attach function to only map the following keys -- after the language server attaches to the current buffer local on_attach = function(client, bufnr) -- Enable completition triggered by vim.api.nvim_buf_set_option(bufnr, 'omnifunc', 'v:lua.vim.lsp.omnifunc') -- Mappings -- See ':help vim.lsp.* local bufopts = { noremap = true, silent = true, bufnr = bufnr } vim.keymap.set('n', 'gD', vim.lsp.buf.declaration, bufopts) vim.keymap.set('n', 'gd', vim.lsp.buf.definition, bufopts) vim.keymap.set('n', 'K', vim.lsp.buf.hover, bufopts) vim.keymap.set('n', 'gi', vim.lsp.buf.implementation, bufopts) vim.keymap.set('n', '', vim.lsp.buf.signature_help, bufopts) vim.keymap.set('n', 'wa', vim.lsp.buf.add_workspace_folder, bufopts) vim.keymap.set('n', 'wr', vim.lsp.buf.remove_workspace_folder, bufopts) vim.keymap.set('n', 'wl', function () print(vim.inspect(vim.lsp.buf.list_workspace_folders())) end, bufopts) vim.keymap.set('n', 'D', vim.lsp.buf.type_definition, bufopts) vim.keymap.set('n', 'rn', vim.lsp.buf.rename, bufopts) vim.keymap.set('n', 'ca', vim.lsp.buf.code_action, bufopts) vim.keymap.set('n', 'gr', vim.lsp.buf.references.bufopts) vim.keymap.set('n', 'f', vim.lsp.buf.formatting, bufopts) end -- Now the servers must be defined and set. In order to load them it's -- convenient to define them in an array and use a loop. local servers = { 'pyright', 'clangd' } for _, lsp in pairs(servers) do require('lspconfig')[lsp].setup { on_attach = on_attach, flags = { debounce_text_changes = 150 } } end --- COLOR SCHEME --- vim.cmd[[colorscheme catppuccin]]
  • strip whitespace only on changed lines
    3 projects | /r/emacs | 24 Feb 2022
    I have used this vim plugin before https://github.com/ntpeters/vim-better-whitespace and I'd love to have the same behavior on emacs.
  • Using Vim for Everything!
    6 projects | /r/FPGA | 6 Oct 2021
    I just saw a nice post in /u/medwatt about using vim for VHDL/Verilog and thought I'd contribute a little! * Syntax and error highlight: https://github.com/autozimu/LanguageClient-neovim * Column align: https://github.com/junegunn/vim-easy-align * Remove annoying whitespaces: https://github.com/ntpeters/vim-better-whitespace * Partial (fuzzy) filename search: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim * Outline all declarations inside a file: ⠀https://github.com/preservim/tagbar * Treat indentations as vim-objects (useful for languages that don't use { }): https://github.com/michaeljsmith/vim-indent-object There is also mouse support in vim for those who want it. Try typing :set mouse=a. Very useful for resizing windows. I also highly recommend you get good at using folds (https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Folding). It makes it a LOT easier to navigate files. You can save your fold config per-file with :mkview and load it later with :loadview. If I come up with more hints - I'll mention them in the comments!

vim-airline

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-airline. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-24.
  • Auto-completion problems for terraform
    9 projects | /r/neovim | 24 May 2023
  • Include octal on statusline?
    2 projects | /r/vim | 28 Mar 2023
  • CoC: How to disable these annoying Clangd messages?
    1 project | /r/neovim | 22 Mar 2023
    Looks like you are using Airline for your statusline. Add this to your init.vim: let g:airline#extensions#coc#enabled = v:false
  • How do I make my nvim have this? I like having the mode in colors
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 13 Mar 2023
  • Hello, can someone tell me which editor this is?
    1 project | /r/Ubuntu | 10 Mar 2023
  • How do I make airline transparent?
    1 project | /r/vim | 16 Feb 2023
  • How do you work with buffers?
    16 projects | /r/neovim | 1 Feb 2023
    Powerline (and airline, as well as all plugins of that kind) offers, among other things, a GUI that helps you manage buffers and tabs. There are plugins that do just that and nothing else, which are best used alongside powerline/airline/etc, for example bufferline.
  • Transitioning vim-airline theme to Lua
    5 projects | /r/neovim | 24 Jan 2023
    I am working on adding a theme for the vim-airline plugin to the Everblush colorschemes for Vim and Neovim.
  • NeoVim Installation and Configuration on Win10/11
    14 projects | dev.to | 30 Nov 2022
    :set number :set autoindent :set tabstop=5 :set shiftwidth=4 :set smarttab :set softtabstop=4 :set mouse=a call plug#begin() Plug 'http://github.com/tpope/vim-surround' " Surrounding ysw) Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree' " NerdTree Plug 'https://github.com/tpope/vim-commentary' " For Commenting gcc & gc Plug 'https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline' " Status bar Plug 'https://github.com/lifepillar/pgsql.vim' " PSQL Pluging needs :SQLSetType pgsql.vim Plug 'https://github.com/ap/vim-css-color' " CSS Color Preview Plug 'https://github.com/rafi/awesome-vim-colorschemes' " Retro Scheme Plug 'https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim' " Auto Completion Plug 'https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons' " Developer Icons Plug 'https://github.com/tc50cal/vim-terminal' " Vim Terminal Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/tagbar' " Tagbar for code navigation Plug 'https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors' " CTRL + N for multiple cursors Plug 'https://github.com/rstacruz/vim-closer' " For brackets autocompletion " Auto-completion For Javascript, typescript, html, jsx ...etc Plug 'neoclide/coc.nvim', {'do': 'yarn install --frozen-lockfile'} " this is for auto complete, prettier and tslinting let g:coc_global_extensions = ['coc-tslint-plugin', 'coc-tsserver', 'coc-css', 'coc-html', 'coc-json', 'coc-prettier'] " list of CoC extensions needed Plug 'jiangmiao/auto-pairs' "this will auto close ( [ { " these two plugins will add highlighting and indenting to JSX and TSX files. Plug 'yuezk/vim-js' Plug 'HerringtonDarkholme/yats.vim' Plug 'maxmellon/vim-jsx-pretty' set encoding=UTF-8 call plug#end() nnoremap :NERDTreeFocus nnoremap :NERDTree nnoremap :NERDTreeToggle nnoremap :call CocActionAsync('jumpDefinition') nmap :TagbarToggle :set completeopt-=preview " For No Previews :colorscheme jellybeans let g:NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable="+" let g:NERDTreeDirArrowCollapsible="~" " --- Just Some Notes --- " :PlugClean :PlugInstall :UpdateRemotePlugins " " :CocInstall coc-python " :CocInstall coc-clangd " :CocInstall coc-snippets " :CocCommand snippets.edit... FOR EACH FILE TYPE " air-line let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1 if !exists('g:airline_symbols') let g:airline_symbols = {} endif " airline symbols let g:airline_left_sep = '' let g:airline_left_alt_sep = '' let g:airline_right_sep = '' let g:airline_right_alt_sep = '' let g:airline_symbols.branch = '' let g:airline_symbols.readonly = '' let g:airline_symbols.linenr = '' inoremap pumvisible() ? coc#_select_confirm() : ""
  • Closing brackets are highlighted in red when in the init.vim file
    9 projects | /r/neovim | 24 Nov 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vim-better-whitespace and vim-airline you can also consider the following projects:

neovim - Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability

lualine.nvim - A blazing fast and easy to configure neovim statusline plugin written in pure lua.

ws-butler - Unobtrusively trim extraneous white-space *ONLY* in lines edited.

lightline.vim - A light and configurable statusline/tabline plugin for Vim

lessspace.vim - Better whitespace stripping for Vim

powerline - Powerline is a statusline plugin for vim, and provides statuslines and prompts for several other applications, including zsh, bash, tmux, IPython, Awesome and Qtile.

Catppuccino.nvim - 🍨 Catppuccin theme for NeoVim [Moved to: https://github.com/catppuccin/nvim]

lualine.nvim - A blazing fast and easy to configure neovim statusline plugin written in pure lua. [Moved to: https://github.com/nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim]

vim-workspace - 📑 Automated Vim session management with file auto-save and persistent undo history

tokyonight.nvim - 🏙 A clean, dark Neovim theme written in Lua, with support for lsp, treesitter and lots of plugins. Includes additional themes for Kitty, Alacritty, iTerm and Fish.

Esopoly - :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: Polyglot written in 7 esoteric programming languages

awesome-neovim - Collections of awesome neovim plugins.