vim-eunuch VS goyo.vim

Honorable mention : vim-eunch has this feature plus many other convenience commands.

I use eunuch.vim mostly by executing :Rename or :Remove or :Move. I also use this plugin whenever I have to manipulate multiple files in the working directory using :Cfind -name '*.lua' -type f which puts all .lua files in the cwd in the quickfix list then doing something like :cfdo lua vim.lsp.buf.format() to format all files.

If you are avoiding vim plugins due to external, non-standard dependencies (e.g. fzf), then you might be pleased to know that some plugins can solve this problem with standard linux utilities, like :Cfind and :Lfind from tpope/vim-eunuch which use the find linux utility.

I use vim-dirvish(you probably want to pair this with vim-enunch), it's a more minimal version of Netrw.

Try vim-eunuch lua {'tpope/vim-eunuch', config = function () vim.cmd('cnoreabbrev rename Rename') --:rgb + to trigger end},

I use netrw but I do moving, renaming etc with vim-eunuch and have done for about ten years. It just works how you'd expect it to.

You might want to look into :Delete from tpope's vim-eunuch, along with wrappers for mkdir, chmod, etc.

I did try: 1. Using the vim file explorer move command: 1. It does not implement autocomplete 1. I cannot use the vim movement shortcuts to move in the path, so I need to use the arrow keys to get before the file name. (dealbreaker) 1. It does not rename the buffer 1. Using eunuch plugin Move command: https://github.com/tpope/vim-eunuch 1. Relative paths were dependent on doing a change directory command first. That is fine but bothersome. 1. Required me to write the filename manually if I used the autocomplete. I did not find an efficient way to paste the current file name (without the path) to a command argument. 1. All in all quite close but still not good enough for me.

I wrote a manuscript in vim a couple Novembers ago, for NaNoWrimo. I used a couple plugins, primarily Goyo [1] to add some margins, but otherwise, yeah, plain vim.

I don't think it was really any more productive than my current workflow in Obsidian. Vim keybindings are more useful for editing than for writing (and for editing code in particular, where the changes you're making are much more structured). Also, while the extra features afforded by Obsidian don't really make a difference during the writing process, I find they're really useful for outlines and other preliminary work, which is something of a point against a vim-only workflow unless you want to use vimwiki [2] or something.

Granted, Obsidian is still a markdown-based tool, so there's still some level of minimalism going on there, but by that point we're really discussing markup vs word processors, which is its own conversation—and to my mind, a much more important one. I much prefer working in markup than in a rich text editor, because plain text is easy to edit and process through the terminal, and because it lets me separate style choices from content.

I find that the markdown live preview that editors like Obsidian and Typora provide (and which vim doesn't) is a really nice compromise between a slick composing experience and the technical affordances of markup. Between that and Obsidian's hypertext features, I think I'll stick with Obsidian for the foreseeable future.

[1]: https://github.com/junegunn/goyo.vim

[2]: https://vimwiki.github.io/

Maybe https://github.com/junegunn/goyo.vim could be useful then.

Goyo is a distraction free plugin for vim/NeoVim. https://github.com/junegunn/goyo.vim. Typically used for people wanting to write inside of NeoVim. There isn’t a real purpose for me to use it other than I like the aesthetic looks. Thanks for replying!

Maybe not of use, but what about just one of your editors + the terminal? Using vim with the goyo extension similarly without the overlay. I write my notes with markdown.

I haven't maintained a Vim config in a few years now (more of an Emacs man now), but I do remember using Goyo in college. Looking back at it, I think it might scratch your itch as far as Vim plugins go, it even allows you to resize the area on the fly.

https://github.com/junegunn/goyo.vim

I went from https://github.com/junegunn/goyo.vim to https://github.com/folke/zen-mode.nvim and now this

Can't see https://github.com/junegunn/goyo.vim mentioned anywhere in this thread.

This feels real similar in concept to limelight and goyo. Nice! 👍🏻